Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Prevention & control
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Enhancing cultural and contextual intervention strategies to reduce HIV/AIDS among African Americans.

15 Sep 2009 I describe 4 protective strategies that African Americans employ that may challenge current HIV prevention efforts: (1) an adaptive duality that protects identity, (2) personal control influenced by external factors, (3) long-established indirect ... Read more...

Recommendations from a research consultation to address intervention strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention focused on African Americans.

15 Sep 2009 Despite substantial federal resources spent on HIV prevention, research, treatment, and care, as well as the availability and dissemination of evidence-based behavioral interventions, the disparate impact of HIV on African Americans continues. In ... Read more...

Sociocultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS among Middle Eastern immigrants in the US: bridging culture with HIV/AIDS programmes.

30 Aug 2009 The population of Middle Eastern immigrants in the US has been increasing dramatically over the past 30 years, growing from 200,000 in 1970 to 1.5 million in 2000. These immigrants and their descendants constitute an important new population of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Prevention & control'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Catherine Wilfert. 29 Oct 2009
• Salim "Slim" Abdool Karim: attacking AIDS in South Africa. Interview by Amy Maxmen. 24 Oct 2009
• Abstracts of AIDS Vaccine 2009. Paris, France. October 19-22, 2009. 20 Oct 2009
• A road map to control malaria, tuberculosis, and human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS. 10 Oct 2009
• AIDS treatment in Brazil: what kind of evidence do we need? 24 Sep 2009
• Enhancing cultural and contextual intervention strategies to reduce HIV/AIDS among African Americans. 15 Sep 2009
• Recommendations from a research consultation to address intervention strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention focused on African Americans. 15 Sep 2009
• Frankly, my dear... 30 Aug 2009
• Sociocultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS among Middle Eastern immigrants in the US: bridging culture with HIV/AIDS programmes. 30 Aug 2009
• Dispatch from the medical front: Differing indications. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of a rapid peer-based HIV/AIDS educational intervention on knowledge and attitudes of high school students in a high-income Arab country. 30 Aug 2009
• Highlights of the International AIDS Society Conference. 30 Aug 2009
• Abuse of HIV/AIDS-relief funds in Mozambique. 30 Aug 2009
• Safeguarding the future of HIV/AIDS initiatives. 30 Aug 2009
• [No, circumcision does not prevent AIDS] 3 Aug 2009
• HIV/AIDS-related knowledge, sources and perceived need among senior high school students: a cross-sectional study in China. 30 Jul 2009
• HIV/AIDS education effects on behaviour among senior high school students in a medium-sized city in China. 30 Jul 2009
• HIV prevention while the bulldozers roll: exploring the effect of the demolition of Goa's red-light area. 30 Jul 2009
• Experts applaud policy overhaul of US AIDS relief program. 30 Jul 2009
• Justice after AIDS denialism: should there be prosecutions and compensation? 30 Jul 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