A clinical scoring system as useful as FNAC in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis in HIV positive patients.

abstract：:Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) have been isolated from both HIV-positive and non-HIV diarrheal samples. In this study a collection of 18 isolates from these two groups were compared for biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance and for the presence of 14 virulence-related genes. All the HIV-positive and o...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Jafari A,Shafaei E,Oloomi M,Aghasadeghi MR,Bouzari S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the World Health Organization's 2007 estimates, close to 33 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS. Over the past two decades, significant progress has been made in understanding HIV pathogenesis and disease progression, which has allowed the identification of a multitude of drug and vaccine ta...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Endsley AN,Salama NN,Ho RJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In HIV-1, tRNA(Lys3) serves as the primer for reverse transcriptase, and during viral assembly, the tRNA(Lys) isoacceptors, tRNA(Lys1,2) and tRNA(Lys3), are selectively packaged into the virion. In this review, we shall first discuss the evidence for the formation of a tRNA(Lys) packaging complex, whose components inc...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Kleiman L,Halwani R,Javanbakht H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major focus of HIV-1 vaccine development has been directed towards a limited number of broadly conserved epitopes in the Envelope (Env) proteins that are sensitive neutralization targets in many primary isolates. However, evidence suggests that these epitopes are poorly immunogenic; similar antibodies are rarely pro...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Pinter A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been recognized that drug metabolism and drug toxicity may vary greatly between individuals, affecting both efficacy and toxicity. Pharmacogenetics could benefit HIV therapeutics because of the high prevalence of drug-related adverse events and the long term nature and complexity of combination therapy. In...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Tozzi V,Libertone R,Liuzzi G

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) represents one of the most common types of a non-AIDS-defining tumour that occurs in the HIV population, and its incidence is increasing in the post Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy (HAART) era. Despite the aggressiveness of that disease, the outcome of patients with HIV-HL has improved with...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Mounier N,Spina M,Spano JP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta defensins are antimicrobial peptides that serve to protect the host from microbial invasion at skin and mucosal surfaces. Here we explore the relationships among beta defensin levels, total bacterial colonization, and colonization by bacterial vaginosis (BV)-related bacteria and lactobacilli in the female genital...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Jiang W,Ghosh SK,Flyckt R,Kalinowska M,Starks D,Jurevic R,Weinberg A,Lederman MM,Rodriguez B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) remain prevalent despite effective combined anti-retroviral therapy (cART). Cognitive function has been shown to inversely correlate with decreased synaptic and dendritic density. In this study, macaques inoculated with SIV were examined over a 3-month course of infection...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Helke KL,Queen SE,Mankowski JL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite intense efforts, AIDS is difficult to tackle by current anti-retroviral therapy (ART) due to its side effects; therefore, there is an urgent need to discover potential, multitarget and low-cost anti-HIV compounds. OBJECTIVE:We have shown that few phytocompounds can potentially inhibit the prime targ...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Vora J,Athar M,Sinha S,Jha PC,Shrivastava N

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To promote the initiation of reverse transcription, the HIV-1 virus uses a host tRNA as a primer, tRNA(3Lys). The annealing of tRNA(3Lys) to the viral RNA requires the breaking of the 3D structure of the tRNA and RNA rearrangements, to form a stable initiation complex recognised by the reverse transcriptase. The annea...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Tisné C

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is scarce information about the molecular epidemiology of HIV-infection in Armenia (former USSR). The objective of this work was to estimate the distribution of HIV-1 subtypes in this country and get any information about HIV drug resistance in naÏve patients. DESIGN:A joint study involving 78 patients...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Laga V,Vasilyev A,Lapovok I,Grigoryan S,Papoyan A,Glushchenko N,Kazennova E,Bobkova M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A current debate in the HIV-1 vaccine field concerns the ability of an immunodeficiency virus to elicit a protective response. One argument is that HIV-1 superinfections are frequent in healthy individuals, because virus evades conventional immune surveillance, a serious obstacle to vaccine design. The opposing argume...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Sealy R,Zhan X,Lockey TD,Martin L,Blanchard J,Traina-Dorge V,Hurwitz JL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major obstacles to effective prolonged CD8 T cell control over HIV and other latent infections may be the intrinsic, genetically programmed barrier to unlimited proliferation that is characteristic of all normal human somatic cells. Replicative senescence, characterized extensively in cell culture for a var...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Effros RB

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The change in the prevalence of hypogonadism with age in men with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is subject to debate. OBJECTIVE:To address this issue, we diagnosed hypogonadism based on serum levels of free testosterone (fTST) rather than total testosterone which is thought to be an inaccurat...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Yoshino Y,Koga I,Wakabayashi Y,Kitazawa T,Ota Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutation of the human immunodeficiency virus by host cells inhibits viral dissemination by creating non-functional variants. However, viral mutation does not always eliminate the ability of the virus to disseminate and, in fact, is thought to promote persistence by generating functional mutants that evade immunity or ...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Balin SJ,Ross TM,Platt JL,Cascalho M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a global health burden which ultimately results in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). There are multiple host factors which are capable of limiting HIV-1 replication. One of the most important host factors which inhibit HIV-1 DNA synthesis is the apoli...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Iqbal K,Imran M,Ullah S,Jamal M,Waheed Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic variations in Human leukocyte antigen C (HLA-C), Zinc ribbon domain containing 1 (ZNRD1) and its antisense RNA (ZNRD1-AS1) genes are known to influence the HIV-1 replication and disease progression. OBJECTIVE AND METHOD:We evaluated the distribution of HLA-C (rs10484554, rs9264942) and ZNRD1 (rs8321...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Celerino da Silva R,Moura RR,Victor Campos Coelho A,Arraes LC,Brandão LAC,Crovella S,Lima Guimarães R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIDS has claimed the lives of 25 million people worldwide, an additional 40 million people are HIV-infected and new cases are being diagnosed every year. Despite the fact that HAART has moved AIDS from the category of terminal diseases to that of treatable chronic illnesses, its long-term therapeutic success may be co...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Zeinalipour-Loizidou E,Nicolaou C,Nicolaides A,Kostrikis LG

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:China has implemented a nation-wide policy to control mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) since 2011, yet the efficacy of the control policy is less studied. The aim of the present study was to report the data in the prevention of MTCT of HIV in Nantong city, China. ...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Lou H,Ge X,Xu B,Liu W,Zhou YH

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) can bring HIV-1 in blood plasma to level undetectable by standard tests, prevent the onset of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), and allow a near-normal life expectancy for HIV-infected individuals. Unfortunately, cART is not curative, as within a few weeks of ...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Rausch JW,Le Grice SFJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitamin D deficiency is common in HIV population and has been associated with increased comorbidity risk and poor immunologic status. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of protease inhibitor lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy on changes in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] over 48 weeks. METHODS:Thirty-four t...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Crutchley RD,Jacobs DM,Gathe J,Mayberry C,Bulayeva N,Rosenblatt KP,Garey KW

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV epidemic has resulted in medical, social and economic consequences. There is general agreement that a safe, effective and affordable preventive HIV vaccine is urgently needed to control the epidemic. To date, over 60 phase I/II trials of about 30 candidate vaccines have been conducted worldwide. In 1991, Thail...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Pitisuttithum P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superinfection is defined as infection by a second virus during an immunologic steady state, following infection by a primary virus. It is now well established that superinfection with HIV-1 occurs in humans. Detection of an increasing number of circulating recombinant forms, which result from infection of a cell by t...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Chan DJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral cavity of human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1) infected individuals is subjected to a series of opportunistic infections which are usually considered as a prognostic marker for the severity of infection as well as an indicator of immunodeficiency. The highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has si...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Parveen Z,Acheampong E,Pomerantz RJ,Jacobson JM,Wigdahl B,Mukhtar M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV infection induces alterations in the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) that constitutes the most important site for viral replication due to the extensive presence of effector memory T-cells. In the case of HIV-controllers, several studies have reported fewer peripheral alterations and conserved immu...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Taborda NA,Correa LA,Feria MG,Rugeles MT

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although HIV and injury contribute substantially to disease burdens in lowand middle-income countries (LMIC), their intersection is poorly characterized. OBJECTIVE:This systematic review assessed the prevalence and associated mortality impact of HIVseropositivity among injured patients in LMIC. METHODS:A s...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Aluisio AR,Rege S,Stewart BT,Kinuthia J,Levine AC,Mello MJ,Farquhar C

更新日期：2017-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:After the infusion of HIV-1 virus into a host cell, RNA is reverse transcribed to dsDNA, which persists intracellular to the infected cell in a variety of forms. Numerous in-house assays have been developed for the quantification of the different cellular HIV-1 DNA forms; these implement conventional or real-time PCR ...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Beloukas A,Paraskevis D,Psichogiou M,Hatzakis A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric illness is common in HIV-infected patients and underlines the importance for screening not only for cognitive impairment but also for co-morbid mental disease. The rationale for combining immunomodulatory neurokinin- 1 receptor (NK1-R) antagonists with combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) is based on mul...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Barrett JS,Bajaj G,McGuire J,Wu D,Spitsin S,Moorthy G,Zhao X,Tebas P,Evans DL,Douglas SD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently described that the chloroxoquinolinic ribonucleoside 6-chloro-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-1-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl) quinoline-3-carboxylic acid (compound A) inhibits the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) enzyme reverse transcriptase (RT), and its replication in primary cells. Based on these findings, we per...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Souza TM,Rodrigues DQ,Ferreira VF,Marques IP,da Costa Santos F,Cunha AC,de Souza MC,de Palmer Paixão Frugulhetti IC,Bou-Habib DC,Fontes CF

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While significant progress has been made since 2003 when a comprehensive treatment, prevention and control program was implemented to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in China, new challenges are emerging. There have been limited direct case reports on profiles of HIV/AIDS patients under care at unique clinical settings i...

journal_title：Current HIV research

authors： Jiao Y,Zhang T,Wang S,Liu Q,Zhou H,Lu S,Wu H

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00