Background: The growing spread of HIV and AIDS among the people of Bonny Kingdom and capacity of medical facilities and service providers to respond to the dire situation have long posed public health concern of immeasurable proportion right from the inception of the Ibani-Se HIV...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2019/v8i230099
Stephen Adesope Adesina, Isaac Olusayo Amole, Adewumi Ojeniyi Durodola, Olufemi Timothy Awotunde, David Akintayo Olaolorun, Adenike Adeniran & Louis O. Odeigah·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2019
Aims: To assess the family functioning and identify its determinants among adult PLWHA at Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso. Study Design: The study is a descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of the Study: The study was conducted in the Antiretroviral (...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2019/v16i230138
Aims: Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) is the current care standard for treating patients with HIV/AIDS. Although HAART has is the only regimen potent enough to decrease viral load, adverse events may limit its efficacy. Metabolic disorders are common in patients trea...
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Research Article10.9734/jamps/2019/v21i130121
Background: HIV/AIDS causes life threatening opportunistic infections with increased morbidity and mortality. HAART intervention in HIV/AIDS patients has not only reduce morbidity and mortality but also cause hepatic injury and elevation of the liver enzymes. Aim: To measure the...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrid/2019/v2i330106
Introduction: Comorbidities among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) increases with disease severity. This may be attributed to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) toxicity and HIV/AIDS-related infections. Aim: We investigated the presence of comorbidities among PLWHA...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2019/v29i830108
Objectives: To study the Clinico-epidemiological and Socio-demographic profile of HIV/AIDS patients diagnosed at HIV clinic of Government Medical College and associated hospitals, Srinagar. Methods: A total of 50220 individuals visited the said clinic and were enrolled for the s...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v27i130091
Analyzing progression of diseases is vital to monitor patient's traversal over time through a disease. Clinical study settings present modeling challenges, as patients' disease trajectories are only partially observed, and patients' disease statuses are only assessed at clinic vi...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2019/v31i330049
Background: Toxoplasma gondii an intracellular protozoan causes toxoplasmosis a worldwide neglected tropical disease, which also causes severe disease in immunocompromised patients. The Toxoplasmosis was known for cerebral involvement more commonly among patients with HIV/AIDS an...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2018/41977
HIV/AIDS is one of the global health issues of great proportions. The virus has reached pandemic volumes affecting the lives of many people throughout the world. The objective of this paper is to address pertinent factors about HIV/AIDS including a history of the disease, managem...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2018/45690
Aim: The aim is to present three patients with neuro-ophthalmic symptoms and signs who initially presented a diagnostic dilemma. Two later turned out to be retroviral positive. Presentation of Cases: CASE 1 was a 35 yo female nurse assistant who first presented with a-one month h...
Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person via droplets from the throat and lungs of the infected person to the uninfected. Its incidence appears to b...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/45580
It is very important to recognise trends in HIV/AIDS in specific areas such as Asia because it is vital to understanding the effectiveness of current approaches towards diagnosis and treatment. It is also very important to understand the risk factors that significantly predispose...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/44090
Background: Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) is associated with significant mortality decreased and risk in AIDS progression. However, complications due to long-standing HIV infection and treatment have become increasingly important. Complications include hepatic and...
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Research Article10.9734/JOCAMR/2018/43701
Background: Malaria and HIV are among the most important health problems of our time overlap extensively and co-infecting large numbers of people. The study was designed to determine the prevalence of malaria infection among those living with HIV/AIDS within age and sex groups. M...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2018/43154
Current treatment for HIV infection consists of Highly Active Antiretroviral (ART) therapy. However, lack of adherence to ART treatment has hampered the bene ts of the ART treatment strategy and viral load suppression. Most of the treatment models studied so far do not explicitly...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJOM/2018/42830