HIV Infections - Transmission
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Transmission of drug-resistant HIV-1 is stabilizing in Europe.

13 Nov 2009 The SPREAD Programme investigated prospectively the time trend from September 2002 through December 2005 of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) among 2793 patients in 20 European countries and in Israel with newly diagnosed human immunodeficiency ... Read more...

Postnatal HIV-1 transmission after cessation of infant extended antiretroviral prophylaxis and effect of maternal highly active antiretroviral therapy.

13 Nov 2009 BACKGROUND: The association between postnatal human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmission and maternal highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) after infant extended antiretroviral prophylaxis was assessed. METHODS: A follow-up ... Read more...

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 through breastfeeding by treating mothers with triple antiretroviral therapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: the Mitra Plus study.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: The main aim of this study was to reduce breast-milk transmission of HIV-1 by treating HIV-1-infected women with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) during breastfeeding. METHODS: Mitra Plus was an open-label, nonrandomized, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'HIV Infections - Transmission'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Microbicide development: positive women's concerns. 29 Nov 2009
• Transmission of drug-resistant HIV-1 is stabilizing in Europe. 13 Nov 2009
• Postnatal HIV-1 transmission after cessation of infant extended antiretroviral prophylaxis and effect of maternal highly active antiretroviral therapy. 13 Nov 2009
• Strategic approaches to decrease breast milk transmission of HIV-1: the importance of small things. 13 Nov 2009
• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 through breastfeeding by treating mothers with triple antiretroviral therapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: the Mitra Plus study. 30 Oct 2009
• Prevention of breast milk transmission of HIV: the time is now. 30 Oct 2009
• Not our problem. 30 Oct 2009
• Male circumcision for prevention of HIV transmission. 29 Oct 2009
• Male circumcision for prevention of HIV transmission. 29 Oct 2009
• Male circumcision and risk of HIV in women. 29 Oct 2009
• Clinical practice. Postexposure prophylaxis for HIV infection. 27 Oct 2009
• Concurrency driving the African HIV epidemics: where is the evidence? 22 Oct 2009
• Effect of a point-of-use water treatment and safe water storage intervention on diarrhea in infants of HIV-infected mothers. 13 Oct 2009
• Vitamin D earns more than a passing grade. 29 Sep 2009
• Perinatal outcomes, including mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and child mortality and their association with maternal vitamin D status in Tanzania. 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
• Epidemiological composition, clinical and treatment characteristics of the patient cohort of the German Competence Network for HIV/AIDS. 26 Sep 2009
• Male circumcision: a new approach to reducing HIV transmission. 26 Sep 2009
• Effect of treatment of asymptomatic bacterial vaginosis on HIV-1 shedding in the genital tract among women on antiretroviral therapy: a pilot study. 13 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

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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