BACKGROUND In Korea, approximately 70% of HIV-positive individuals are currently diagnosed in hospitals, while most HIV-positive patients were diagnosed at public health centers in 1980 s and 1990 s. However, there are no reporting systems to identify how many HIV tests are performed in the Korean hospitals different from public health centers and Blood centers. We estimated how many HIV tests ...

OBJECTIVE HIV prevention has been ongoing in Lusaka for many years. Recent reports suggest a possible decline in HIV sero-incidence in Zambia and some neighbouring countries. This study aimed to examine trends in HIV seroprevalence among pregnant and parturient women between 2002 and 2006. METHODS We analysed HIV seroprevalence trends from two Lusaka sources: (i) antenatal data from a city-wi...

toxoplasma gondii has arisen as an important opportunistic agent especially in the central nervous system and in advanced hiv disease can cause significant morbidity and mortality. this study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis among hiv-positive patients in iran. blood samples were collected from 201 hiv-positive patients and anti-toxoplasma antibodies were detecte...

  Background and Objective: Although transfusion therapy has lead to great improvement in longevity for hemophiliacs, but there have been tragic setbacks especially from transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) .HIV was reported to increase the rate of HCV-related liver failure by 4.2 times. In this study, we aimed to determine the seroprevalence of HIV an...

opportunistic infections are the leading cause of hospitalization and morbidity in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) positive patients and are the most common cause of death between them. we aimed to measure igg antibody against ebv viral capsid antigen (ebv-vca igg) to determine the seroprevalence of this infection in hiv-positive population. a case-control study between september 2011 and oc...

BACKGROUND The first wave of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)2009 (pH1N1) reached New South Wales (NSW), Australia in May 2009, and led to high rates of influenza-related hospital admission of infants and young to middle-aged adults, but no increase in influenza-related or all-cause mortality. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To assess the population rate of pH1N1 infection in NSW residents, pH1N1-sp...

Background: HSV2 has an important role in acquiring and transmitting HIV through genital ulcers. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of this virus in HIV infected subject in Kermanshah, Iran. Methods: This descriptive study was performed among 170 HIV positive patients (case group) and 165 non-HIV cases (control group)) referred to Behavioral Counseling Center of Kermanshah, we...

Seroprevalence of Ig G and M Antibodies in Individuals with Herpes Simplex Virus -1 &2 Infection HIV Positive Negative South Indian PopulationSubha Priya Venkateshwaran, Kamaraj Murugesan, Rajeshwari Sivaraj

This paper describes HIV seroprevalence, knowledge of HIV transmission, and condom use among female sex workers (FSW) attending five specialized sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in Santiago, Chile. A short questionnaire with socio-demographic, AIDS knowledge, and condom-use variables was administered to 626 FSW. HIV seroprevalence was estimated with a blood test sent to the Chilean Pu...

Seroprevalence of Ig G and M Antibodies in Individuals with Herpes Simplex Virus -1 &2 Infection HIV Positive Negative South Indian PopulationSubha Priya Venkateshwaran, Kamaraj Murugesan, Rajeshwari Sivaraj