Sero-prevalence of HIV: six years' experience at Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore.

Prevalence and Pattern of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) Infection Among Ante-natal Clients in Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH), Orlu: A 5-Year Retrospective Study (2009 to 2013)

Human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection is a pandemic, even among pregnant women. It has no cure and so, great importance should be placed on care and support for the sufferer. There is an increasing concern and desire to curb the high incidence of mother to child transmission (MTCT) in Nigeria. Therefore, this study aimed at determining the prevalence and pattern of HIV infection at Imo ...

Comparison of awareness about nephrology and kidney diseases amongst doctors in institutes with and without nephrology departments

OBJECTIVE To compare the awareness about nephrology and kidney diseases in medical officers and postgraduate trainee doctors working in institutes with and without nephrology departments. METHODS This cross sectional study was conducted at Nephrology Department, Shalamar Hospital Lahore from 1(st) Jan to 31(st) Mar 2013. Doctors working on medical floor with more than one year experience afte...

Sero-prevalence of Hcv and Associated Infections with Hiv and Hbv among Prisoners in Lahore

Background: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection and its co-infection with HIV or HBV is associated with an accelerated course of the disease and may result in more rapid progression of either or both, but knowledge on these dynamics in the imprisoned is scarce particularly in the developing world. Hence in this study we evaluated the prevalence of HCV infection and its associated co-infections wi...

Sero-prevalence of Cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma Infections among Newly Diagnosed HIV Patients

Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen carrier state in patients with lichen planus--report of 200 cases from Lahore, Pakistan.

BACKGROUND To determine the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen carrier state in patients with lichen planus. METHODS A quasi experimental cross sectional study was done at Department of Dermatology, Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore, Pakistan, from April 2003 to March 2005. Two hundred clinically diagnosed cases of LP and equal number of patients with other de...