HIV Infections - Ethnology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Persistence and change in disparities in HIV infection among injection drug users in New York City after large-scale syringe exchange programs.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: We examined racial/ethnic disparities in HIV infection among injection drug users (IDUs) before and after implementation of large-scale syringe exchange programs in New York City. METHODS: Participants were recruited from IDUs entering ... Read more...

A review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's response to the HIV/AIDS crisis among Blacks in the United States, 1981-2009.

29 Sep 2009 Among US racial/ethnic groups, Blacks are at the highest risk of acquiring HIV/AIDS. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the Heightened National Response to Address the HIV/AIDS Crisis Among African ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'HIV Infections - Ethnology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The myth of the virgin rape myth. 22 Oct 2009
• Persistence and change in disparities in HIV infection among injection drug users in New York City after large-scale syringe exchange programs. 29 Sep 2009
• A review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's response to the HIV/AIDS crisis among Blacks in the United States, 1981-2009. 29 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
• Concurrent sexual partnerships and racial disparities in HIV infection among men who have sex with men. 30 Aug 2009
• Sociocultural dimensions of HIV/AIDS among Middle Eastern immigrants in the US: bridging culture with HIV/AIDS programmes. 30 Aug 2009
• Frailty among HIV-infected persons in an urban outpatient care setting. 21 Aug 2009
• Identifying HIV risk-reduction strategies for Hispanic populations in Broward County. 30 Jul 2009
• Women's rights and women's health during HIV/AIDS epidemics: the experience of women in sub-Saharan Africa. 30 Jul 2009
• Unseen and unheard: predictors of sexual risk behavior and HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Chennai, India. 30 Jul 2009
• Keep It Up: development of a community-based health screening and HIV prevention strategy for reaching young African American men. 30 Jul 2009
• The Duffy-null state is associated with a survival advantage in leukopenic HIV-infected persons of African ancestry. 18 Jul 2009
• Circumcision in HIV-infected men and its effect on HIV transmission to female partners in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised controlled trial. 16 Jul 2009
• Sexual and reproductive health of persons aged 10-24 years - United States, 2002-2007. 15 Jul 2009
• HIV testing among sexually experienced Asian and Pacific Islander young women association with routine gynecologic care. 29 Jun 2009
• Risk of sexual HIV transmission among wives left behind and wives of nonmigrant men in rural areas of China. 29 Jun 2009
• The effect of prevention messages and self-efficacy skill building with inner-city women at risk for HIV infection. 29 Jun 2009
• Coming to terms with a diagnosis of HIV in Iran: a phenomenological study. 29 Jun 2009
• HIV/AIDS in Hawai'i: state of the state. 29 Jun 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