The article examines the study 'Is it better to be rich in a poor area or poor in a rich area? A multilevel analysis of a case-control study of social determinants of tuberculosis,' by X. Ricardo Arraes de Ale...
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The article examines the study 'Is it better to be rich in a poor area or poor in a rich area? A multilevel analysis of a case-control study of social determinants of tuberculosis,' by X. Ricardo Arraes de Alencar, V. S. Wayner and colleagues, published in the 2009 issue. It notes the model used by the authors to identify least ownership of goods or little personal wealth as being most linked tuberculosis (TB) in Recife, Brazil. The limitations of the study such as selection bias are also discussed.
Objective To characterize the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -specific T lymphocyte responses and identify the immunodominant regions in Chinese HIV-1 recombinant subtype B/C chronic infectors at complete genome...
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Objective To characterize the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -specific T lymphocyte responses and identify the immunodominant regions in Chinese HIV-1 recombinant subtype B/C chronic infectors at complete genome level. Methods Twenty-five HIV-I B/C recombinant chronic infectors were screened for their specific T lymphocyte responses to a panel of peptides corresponding to the complete HIV-1 subtype B genome by gamma interferon ELISPOT assay. Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric analysis of variance was used to test significant differences across gene regions, and Tukey pairwise analysis was used to identify differences between gene regions. Spearman rank correlation was used to assess the relation between responses. Results The order of recognized frequencies of specific T lymphocyte responses to HIV proteins was Nef〉Vpr〉Gag〉Pol〉Vpu〉Env〉Rev〉Vif〉Tat. When adjusted for protein length, Nef, Vpr, Gag, and Pol were the most intensely targeted proteins and the central region of Nef, Gag p24, Pol RT, and Vpr was most frequently recognized. No significant correlation was observed between the magnitude of IFN-γ production of HIV-l-specific T lymphocyte responses and plasma viremia, breadth of response and CD4 counts. Conclusion The central region of Nef, Gag p24, Pol RT, and Vpr is most frequently targeted in HIV-1 B/C recombinants chronic infectors. HIV-1-specific T lymphocyte responses and plasma viremia or CD4 counts play no protective role at complete genome level in these infectors.
China's rapidly evolving HIV/aids epidemic calls for a dramatic expansion of both prevention and treatment services. Official state media recently reported that for the first time, in 2008, HIV/aids became China's l...
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China's rapidly evolving HIV/aids epidemic calls for a dramatic expansion of both prevention and treatment services. Official state media recently reported that for the first time, in 2008, HIV/aids became China's leading cause of death among infectious diseases. Estimates from the Ministry of Health indicate that around 700 000 people were living with HIV and 85 000 people had aids in 2007. Initially, HIV-1 infection was confined primarily to certain high-risk populations such as injection drug users (IDU) along drug-trafficking routes, and former plasma donors (FPD) in rural communities in east-central China. Now, however, HIV prevalence is increasing among female sex workers (FSW) and men who have sex with men (MSM).
The natural history of HIV is defined as the untreated progression from the time of HIV transmission to death. The typical course of infection is characterized by three phases: acute or primary infection phase, the a...
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The natural history of HIV is defined as the untreated progression from the time of HIV transmission to death. The typical course of infection is characterized by three phases: acute or primary infection phase, the asymptomatic phase, and aids. Primary infection is often accompanied by a symptomatic acute retroviral syndrome starting 2-3 weeks after transmission and lasting an additional 2-4 weeks. The asymptomatic phase, in contrast, is long with a duration that varies widely. While there is little consensus on how to divide patients based on their duration of asymptomatic phase, multiple clinical groups have been described in the literature including rapid progressors, typical progressors, long-term nonprogressors, and elite controllers. Approximately 5% to 15% of asymptomatic subjects considered as rapid progressors experience a sharp decline in CD4^+ T cell counts progressing to aids within 2 to 5 years.
Background: Sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention programs can mitigate the health and economic burden of STIs. A tool to estimate the economic benefits of STI programs could prove useful to STI program pers...
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To investigate the prevalence of drug-resistance mutations, resistance to antiretroviral drugs, and the subsequent virological response to therapy in treatment-naive and antiretroviral-treated patients infected with H...
To investigate the prevalence of drug-resistance mutations, resistance to antiretroviral drugs, and the subsequent virological response to therapy in treatment-naive and antiretroviral-treated patients infected with HIV/aids in Henan, China, a total of 431 plasma samples were collected in Queshan county between 2003 and 2004, from patients undergoing the antiretroviral regimen Zidovudine + Didanosine + Nevirapine (Azt+Ddi+Nvp). Personal information was collected by face to face interview. Viral load and genotypic drug resistance were tested. Drug resistance mutation data were obtained by analyzing patient-derived sequences through the HIVdb Program ( http://*** ). Overall, 38.5% of treatment-naive patients had undetectable plasma viral load (VL), the rate significantly increased to 61.9% in 0 to 6 months treatment patients (mean 3 months) (P<0.005) but again significantly decrease to 38.6% in 6 to 12 months treatment patients (mean 9 months) (P<0.001) and 40.0% in patients receiving more than 12 months treatment (mean 16 months) (P<0.005). The prevalence of drug resistance in patients who had a detectable VL and available sequences were 7.0%, 48.6%, 70.8%, 72.3% in treatment-naïve, 0 to 6 months treatment, 6 to 12 months treatment, and treatment for greater than 12 months patients, respectively. No mutation associated with resistance to Protease inhibitor (PI) was detected in this study. Nucleoside RT inhibitor (NRTI) mutations always emerged after non-nucleoside RT inhibitor (NNRTI) mutations, and were only found in patients treated for more than 6 months, with a frequency less than 5%, with the exception of mutation T215Y (12.8%, 6/47) which occurred in patients treated for more than 12 months. NNRTI mutations emerged quickly after therapy begun, and increased significantly in patients treated for more than 6 months (P<0.005), and the most frequent mutations were K103N, V106A, Y181C, G190A. There had been optimal viral suppression in pat
The rates of HIV, std, and hepatitis infection are high among persons entering prisons, and many of these persons engage in high-risk behaviors after release. Therefore, innovative programs that reduce risk behaviors ...
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