Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Mortality
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

HIV/AIDS, undernutrition, and food insecurity.

29 Sep 2009 Despite tremendous advances in care for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and increased funding for treatment, morbidity and mortality due to HIV/AIDS in developing countries remains unacceptably high. A major contributing factor is that ... Read more...

The HAART cell phone adherence trial (WelTel Kenya1): a randomized controlled trial protocol.

20 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The objectives are to compare the effectiveness of cell phone-supported SMS messaging to standard care on adherence, quality of life, retention, and mortality in a population receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Nairobi, Kenya. ... Read more...

Predictors of mortality among women with AIDS in Illinois, USA.

30 Aug 2009 Population-based surveillance data can help guide research priorities and plan programmes to prevent death among women with AIDS. We describe the predictors of mortality among women diagnosed with AIDS in Illinois, USA. Using the HIV/AIDS Reporting ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Mortality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• HIV/AIDS, undernutrition, and food insecurity. 29 Sep 2009
• The HAART cell phone adherence trial (WelTel Kenya1): a randomized controlled trial protocol. 20 Sep 2009
• Predictors of mortality among women with AIDS in Illinois, USA. 30 Aug 2009
• Survival after AIDS diagnosis in Italy, 1999-2006: a population-based study. 30 Aug 2009
• 5-year survival of patients with AIDS receiving antiretroviral therapy in Haiti. 18 Aug 2009
• A simple G-computation algorithm to quantify the causal effect of a secondary illness on the progression of a chronic disease. 13 Aug 2009
• High level HIV-1 DNA concentrations in brain tissues differentiate patients with post-HAART AIDS dementia complex or cardiovascular disease from those with AIDS. 28 Jul 2009
• Family support for reducing morbidity and mortality in people with HIV/AIDS. 6 Jul 2009
• Actions needed to improve maternal health. 25 Jun 2009
• Coming home to die? The association between migration and mortality in rural South Africa. 16 Jun 2009
• Impact of hepatitis B virus infection on the progression of AIDS and mortality in HIV-infected individuals: a cohort study and meta-analysis. 13 Jun 2009
• Changes in mortality following HIV and AIDS and estimation of the number of people living with diagnosed HIV/AIDS in Australia, 1981-2003. 30 May 2009
• High early mortality in patients with chronic acquired immunodeficiency syndrome diarrhea initiating antiretroviral therapy in Haiti: a case-control study. 30 May 2009
• Inverse probability-of-censoring weights for the correction of time-varying noncompliance in the effect of randomized highly active antiretroviral therapy on incident AIDS or death. 28 May 2009
• High-dose therapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation as salvage treatment for AIDS-related lymphoma: long-term results of the Italian Cooperative Group on AIDS and Tumors (GICAT) study with analysis of prognostic factors. 16 May 2009
• A novel use of AIDS surveillance data to assess the impact of initial treatment regimen on survival. 29 Apr 2009
• Not so SMART? 29 Apr 2009
• [Epidemiology of the HIV infection] 28 Apr 2009
• Mortality of HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: comparison with HIV-unrelated mortality. 26 Apr 2009
• Variable impact on mortality of AIDS-defining events diagnosed during combination antiretroviral therapy: not all AIDS-defining conditions are created equal. 13 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome'

Definition: An acquired defect of cellular immunity associated with infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a CD4-positive T-lymphocyte count under 200 cells/microliter or less than 14% of total lymphocytes, and increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignant neoplasms. Clinical manifestations also include emaciation (wasting) and dementia. These elements reflect criteria for AIDS as defined by the CDC in 1993.

Descriptor UI: D000163

Alternative terms: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Immunologic Deficiency Syndrome, Acquired; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome; Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome; Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndromes; Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome, Acquired; Immuno-Deficiency Syndromes, Acquired; Syndrome, Acquired Immuno-Deficiency; Syndromes, Acquired Immuno-Deficiency; Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Acquired; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes; Immunodeficiency Syndromes, Acquired; Syndrome, Acquired Immunodeficiency; Syndromes, Acquired Immunodeficiency; AIDS;

Related Mesh Headings: HIV Seropositivity; AIDS Serodiagnosis; AIDS Dementia Complex; HIV Seroprevalence; Lymphoma, AIDS-Related; AIDS Arteritis, Central Nervous System;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C02.782.815.616.400.040; C02.800.801.400.040; C02.839.040; C20.673.480.040;

History Note: 83

Technical Notes: caused by HIV; coord IM with HIV-1 or HIV-2 (IM) if pertinent; /epidemiol: consider also HIV SEROPREVALENCE; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS is available if particularly discussed: see note there; for lymphoma with AIDS, use LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED