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...

objective: in this study, a sybr green real-time rt-pcr assay for quantification of hiv-1 viral rna was developed. materials and methods: this assay was performed based on amplification of the pol region of hiv-1 and product analysis by an abi 7500 system. we quantified hiv-1 viral load in 26 seropositive patients by this system and the data were subsequently compared with results obtained wit...

The purpose of the study: To evaluate comorbid conditions in patients with HIV-infection. Materials and methods. study included 779 HIV-infected patients, over 18 years old, identified different before start ART, who are on dispensary registration at republican center for combating AIDS, were examined. analysis age structure, stage HIV infection comorbidity index (CI) depending number CD4 lymph...

hepatitis b virus (hbv) is the most prevalent viral infection and is among the leading causes of human liver diseases. nearly 360 millions of people are world widely infected with prolonged forms of hepatitis b including active and inactive chronic forms. chronic hepatitis b (chb) is associated with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) in patients suffering from congenital and/or acquir...

Background & aim: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is an infectious disease caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The awareness of HIV preventive measures and its transmission routes have an important role in controlling the HIV infection in the society. Regarding this, the present study aimed to investigate the awareness and attitudes of the high school students regarding HIV...

Aim: Detecting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals is very important in terms of quality patients’ lives. However, it should be kept mind that there may false positives and tests must confirmed. In this study, was aimed to determine HIV seropositivity our hospital for a period six years contribute the epidemiological data country. Material Methods: The samples came serology ...

Abstract Introduction Despite the effectiveness of new therapies and awareness campaigns, number seropositive patients is increasing every year. Recently, other causes death, not directly related to HIV, have emerged, such as chronic liver disease. The risk hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) seven times greater in HIV than noninfected patients, it especially attributable HCV infection. aim our stud...