background: kaposi’s sarcoma is a vascular malignancy, which frequently occurs among immunocompromised individuals such as transplant recipients and patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. human herpesvirus 8 (hhv-8) is considered the etiological agent of all forms of kaposi’s sarcoma. though some seroepidemiological studies conducted on the prevalence of hhv-8 in iran, there are insu...

Central nervous system (CNS) toxoplasmosis is a well-known opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS. Spinal cord involvement and brain hemorrhage are very infrequent manifestations of CNS toxoplasmosis. In this report, we describe patient unknown AIDS presenting bilateral headaches new onset leg weakness, diagnosed CSF polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for T. gondii, associated spinal (a cen...

the problem of aids had not been recognized up to 1981 and in 1984 it was found that hiv virus is factor of this disease. for the time beings aids/hiv infection has chanched to a pandemic and cases affected to it are now reported from all over the world. in our country the first case was reported in 1987. regarding the importance of disease and recognition of its prevention and transmission rou...

Background: Mucocutaneous manifestations may occur inevery stage of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.Some of them may be the first presentations. In this study, weevaluated the prevalence of dermatologic manifestations as thefirst presentations of HIV/AIDS in 25 Iranian patients.Method: In a cross sectional study, we evaluated 25 new casesof HIV infection whose HIV infections were d...

Introduction: Patient rights, as part of fundamental human rights, are protected and guaranteed both by international and national legislation. Individual rights of a patient are concerned with privacy and freedom protection and are also covered by urban and penal legislation provisions. With regard to health care, patient rights are closely connected to specific policies which include the admi...

ENWEndNote BIBJabRef, Mendeley RISPapers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero AMA Gebreyes DE. A survival analysis of prognostic determinant factors time-to-death HIV/ TB co-infected patients under HAART followed-up in a public hospital Ethiopia. HIV & AIDS Review. International Journal HIV-Related Problems. 2022. doi:10.5114/hivar.2022.121399. APA Gebreyes, D. E. (2022). https://doi.org/10.511...

BACKGROUND Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and major causes of morbidity and mortality of such patients are opportunistic infections caused by viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic pathogens. OBJECTIVES To determine the magnitude of opportunistic and non-opportunistic intestinal parasitic infections among AIDS patients and HIV p...

background considering the increasing spread of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in the middle east, informing about how it can be transmitted and prevented is the primary weapon against its spread. determining the public information regarding hiv/aids and their attitude toward people with aids/hiv can provide basis for appropriate educational program in each community. so, we investigated kn...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study's objective was to evaluate the association between health literacy and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) knowledge among patients seen at an inner-city, public hospital urgent care center (UCC). METHODS We used a prospective survey of patients offered an HIV test by their providers during a UCC visit. We measured p...