infection with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is a progressive condition which may cause endothelial dysfunction and liver damage leading to coagulopathy. with adventure of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart), life expectancy has prolonged in hiv positive patients but several acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids)-related conditions such as coagulopathies are responsible for ass...

HIV and AIDS infection are major public health problems in sub-Saharan Africa. is spread through contact with certain body fluids from a person HIV, such include; blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, vaginal fluids, rectal breast milk. attacks destroys the CD4 cells

conclusions this case inspires consideration of hiv infection as a leading cause of thromboembolic event in individuals affected by the first episode of unprovoked one in whom diagnosis of hiv infection has not been established yet. case presentation a 27-year-old heterosexual smoker man was referred to our center due to a sudden-onset severe left lower extremity pain and claudication since thr...

  Introduction : The decreased level of immunity in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected patients increases their vulnerability to various opportunistic fungal infections. Oral candidiasis has been found to be the most common fungal infection among HIV infected patients. The present study was conducted to evaluate the spectrum of various opportunistic fungal infections and their correlat...

Background: To get accustomed with cutaneous manifestations related to AIDS is effective in early diagnosis of this disease. Objective: To evaluate the cutaneous manifestations in HIV seropositive patients. Patients and Methods: A prospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed on HIV-positive male prisoners in Kermanshah central prison and in addiction camp, referred to skin d...

background: in recent years, dentists have more opportunity of treating patients infected with blood-borne pathogens. although compliance with infection control practice (icp) in dental practice is required, it is not still sufficiently spread in japan. objective: to identify factors associated with compliance with icps in the population of japanese dentists. methods: in a questionnaire-based c...

Infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) or T-lymphotropic I (HTLV-I) both can lead to mortality. CD4+T cells are the target for HTLV-I and HIV-1. In addition, HIV-1 infect macrophages. macrophages play important roles in immune system response. This article develops analyzes a discrete-time co-infection model. The model depicts within-host interaction of six compartments: uni...

in most countries, educational programs and condom use is recommended as the most important approaches in controlling hiv infection. we examine the role of different approaches in controlling aids epidemics in our region. we find a high failure rate and probably undesirable effects for condom recommendation in epidemiological scale especially considering the low prevalence of hiv infection in o...

Herpes Zoster is characterized with painful dermatomal blisters, which commonly seen in elderly or immuncompromised people. It caused by varicella zoster virüs (VZV). HIV infection known as a risk factor for herpes and developments of its complications. Cutaneous findings can be the presenting symptom infection. In presence infection, HZ prolong complicate evet recurrence rate increases. recurr...