Background: Decrease in bone mineral density (BMD) is common individuals infected with human immune deficiency virus (HIV) and the rate of osteopenia, osteoporosis fracture risk are higher than gene-ral population. In our study, we aimed to evaluate frequency osteoporosis/osteopenia according results dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) examination associated factors also 25 (OH) vitamin D.Ma...

153 The early 1980s brought the explosion of information availability and the emergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. Advances in information technology enabled humans to get access to information instantly. On June 5, 1981, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published a rare type of pneumonia (pneumocystis carinii) in 5 previously healthy homosexual men in Los Angeles.1 O...

Activation of the human complement system leads to complement deposition on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and HIV-infected cells without causing efficient complement-mediated lysis. Even in the presence of HIV-specific antibodies, only a few particles are destroyed, demonstrating that HIV is intrinsically resistant to human complement. Here we report that, in addition to decay accelerating...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency is associated with impaired immune responses and increased susceptibility to a number of intracellular pathogens in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is not known whether such an association exists with Cryptococcus neoformans. METHODS Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) were measured in 150 patients with cryptococcal meningit...

Background: Infectious diseases are major public health problems, among which blood-borne ones are the most important infections. Patients who undergo orthopedic surgery are at higher risk of transmitting infectious diseases from and to others, due to repeated blood examinations and injection, drains secretion and receiving blood products. Accordingly, in this study we determined prevalence of ...

Introduction: Vertical transmission of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is not commonly reported in literature. Although rare, it is one of the leading causes of HCV infection in early childhood. Coinfection of HCV with Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) has been frequently associated with enhanced vertical transmission of HCV. Case presentation: We present the case of a lady found positive for HCV/HIV...

The times from infection with the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) to the onset of the first clinical symptom and the development of AIDS were studied prospectively in 98 haemophiliacs and 48 blood transfusion recipients infected with the virus. Patients were followed up for a median of 61 months after infection, the dates of infection being either known exactly or estimated from the interva...

Unilateral infranuclear facial palsy developed in three young homosexual men. All three were positive for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Two had persistent generalised lymphadenopathy, but the clinical criteria for the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) were not fulfilled. There were no features of generalised neuropathy, and no other cause for facial palsy was eviden...

Penyakit AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) yang disebabkan oleh infeksi HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), masih merupakan salah satu penyakit berakibat fatal dan belum ditemukan vaksinnya universal handal. Sebagaimana nama diberikan kepada virus maupun ditimbulkannya, maka tanda gejala dialami pengidapnya adalah gangguan secara menetap hebat pada sistem daya pertahanan tubuh terhadap...

Women who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at greater risk for the development of lower genital tract neoplasia than are HIV-negative women. Among HIV-positive women, those who are more severely immunosuppressed appear to be at higher risk for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), also known as squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs). Women who are HIV-positive also ...