Redefining AIDS: Towards a Modification of the Current AIDS Case Definition

Redefining AIDS: towards a modification of the current AIDS case definition.

AIDS is defined by the occurrence of an opportunistic infection or tumor considered indicative of advanced infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Even though recent modifications have improved the widely used AIDS case definition issued by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the modified version has fallen short of generating a globally ...

Working group on AIDS case definition.

REDEFINING AIDS IN ASIA Crafting an Effective Response . REDEFINING AIDS IN ASIA

TUPE0729, XVI International AIDS Conference, 13–18 August, Toronto.Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic Network (MAP) (2005), ‘Sex work and HIV/AIDS

the effect of using visual aids on the development of speech act of disagreement among iranian intermediate efl learners

abstract the present study tried to investigate the effect of visual aids (films) on the development of the speech act of disagreement among iranian efl intermediate learners. to this end, the researcher selected 40 homogeneous intermediate learners based on their scores on oxford placement test. .the subjects then divided into control group and experimental group. both classes were tested by ...

Assessment of clinical case-definition for HIV/AIDS in Tanzania.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of World Health Organisation (WHO's) clinical case-definition (CCD) for AIDS in a private hospital. DESIGN A prospective study. SETTING Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. SUBJECTS A total of 601 patients (> 14 years) were studied from January 1995 to December 1997. METHODS Using HIV test results as a reference standard, sensitivity...