HIV Infections - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Lifetime risk factors for HIV/sexually transmitted infections among male-to-female transgender persons.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: To describe and evaluate risk factors for HIV/sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among male-to-female (MTF) transgender persons. METHODS: Using the life chart interview, potential lifetime risk factors for HIV/STIs among MTFs were ... Read more...

Loss to follow-up of adults in public HIV care systems in central Mozambique: identifying obstacles to treatment.

30 Oct 2009 INTRODUCTION: Access to antiretroviral treatment (ART) has expanded dramatically in resource-limited settings. Evaluating loss to follow-up from HIV testing through post-ART care can help identify obstacles to care. METHODS: Routine data were ... Read more...

Health system and personal barriers resulting in decreased utilization of HIV and STD testing services among at-risk black men who have sex with men in Massachusetts.

29 Sep 2009 Testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STD) remains a cornerstone of public health prevention interventions. This analysis was designed to explore the frequency of testing, as well as health system and personal barriers to testing, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'HIV Infections - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Infection of T lymphocytes in non-Asian patients with Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. 13 Dec 2009
• Lifetime risk factors for HIV/sexually transmitted infections among male-to-female transgender persons. 30 Oct 2009
• Loss to follow-up of adults in public HIV care systems in central Mozambique: identifying obstacles to treatment. 30 Oct 2009
• Clinical practice. Postexposure prophylaxis for HIV infection. 27 Oct 2009
• Strategies for Preventing HIV Transmission. 12 Oct 2009
• Strategies for preventing HIV transmission. 12 Oct 2009
• Health system and personal barriers resulting in decreased utilization of HIV and STD testing services among at-risk black men who have sex with men in Massachusetts. 29 Sep 2009
• Significant publications on infectious diseases pharmacotherapy in 2008. 29 Sep 2009
• Female genital TB and HIV co-infection. 29 Sep 2009
• An evaluation of HIV testing among inmates in the North Carolina prison system. 29 Sep 2009
• [Analysis of syphilis and gonorrhoea cases, based on data from the National STD Centre, Department of Dermatology and Venerology, Semmelweis University (2005-2008)] 18 Sep 2009
• Simplifying consent increases HIV testing and new case detection: the San Francisco experience. 15 Sep 2009
• Implementation of and barriers to routine HIV screening for adolescents. 12 Sep 2009
• Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections among HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children: recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. 2 Sep 2009
• High-volume rapid HIV testing in an urban emergency department. 30 Aug 2009
• HIV testing factors associated with delayed entry into HIV medical care among HIV-infected persons from eighteen states, United States, 2000-2004. 30 Aug 2009
• HIV testing and conspiracy beliefs regarding the origins of HIV among African Americans. 30 Aug 2009
• Demographic, psychological, and behavioral modifiers of the Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study (ARTAS) intervention. 30 Aug 2009
• Editorial. 30 Aug 2009
• Testing for HIV-1 infection in a public developmental center. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'HIV Infections'

Definition: Includes the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus infections that range from asymptomatic seropositivity, thru AIDS-related complex (ARC), to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Descriptor UI: D015658

Alternative terms: HIV Infections; HIV Infection; Infection, HIV; Infections, HIV; HTLV-III-LAV Infections; HTLV III LAV Infections; HTLV-III-LAV Infection; Infection, HTLV-III-LAV; Infections, HTLV-III-LAV; T-Lymphotropic Virus Type III Infections, Human; T Lymphotropic Virus Type III Infections, Human; HTLV-III Infections; HTLV III Infections; HTLV-III Infection; Infection, HTLV-III; Infections, HTLV-III;

Related Mesh Headings: Lymphoma, AIDS-Related;

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; C02.800.801.400; C20.673.480;

Online Note: use ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME to search HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III INFECTION 1989; HIV INFECTION 1988-89; HTLV-III INFECTION & HTLV-III LAV INFECTION 1987-89

History Note: 90; T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III INFECTION, HUMAN was HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III INFECTION see ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 1989; HIV INFECTION was see ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 1988-89; HTLV-III INFECTION & HTLV-III-LAV INFECTION were see ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME 1987-89

Technical Notes: caused by a lentivirus; GEN or unspecified; coord IM with HIV-1 (IM) or HIV-2 (IM); note specific indentions under HIV INFECTIONS; DF: HIV INFECT