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Adjunctive corticosteroids for Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia in patients with HIV-infection

2006

BACKGROUND: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) remains the most common opportunistic infection in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Among patients with HIV infection and PCP the mortality rate...

Behavioral interventions to reduce incidence of HIV, STD, and pregnancy among adolescents: A decade in review

2004

PURPOSE: To review adolescent sexual risk-reduction programs that were evaluated using quasi-experimental or experimental methods and published in the 1990s. We describe evaluated programs and identify program and evaluation issues...

The diagnostic accuracy of serologic and molecular methods for detecting visceral leishmaniasis in HIV infected patients: Meta-analysis

2012

Human visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a potentially fatal disease, has emerged as an important opportunistic condition in HIV infected patients. In immunocompromised patients, serological investigation is considered not an accurate diagnostic...

Heterosexual risk of HIV infection in China: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2011

BACKGROUND: Heterosexual sex has become the dominant transmission route in China. Recently studies reported high heterogeneity in heterosexual transmission risk in resource-limited countries. The aim of this study was to...

Measles vaccination in HIV-infected children: Systematic review and meta-analysis of safety and immunogenicity

2011

BACKGROUND: Measles control may be more challenging in regions with a high prevalence of HIV infection. HIV-infected children are likely to derive particular benefit from measles vaccines because of an...

Anal human papillomavirus infection and associated neoplastic lesions in men who have sex with men: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2012

BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at greatly increased risk of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated anal cancer. Screening for the presumed cancer precursor, high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN),...

Influenza Vaccination for Immunocompromised Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Etiology

2012

Many national guidelines recommend annual influenza vaccination of immunocompromised patients, although the decision to vaccinate is usually at clinical discretion. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analyses to assess the...

HIV/AIDS, parasites and co-infections: Publication patterns in China

2009

Background. Since its discovery, HIV/AIDS has arguably captured more attention among the Chinese biomedical research community than most other infectious diseases. Traditional parasitic diseases, on the other hand, are perceived...

Clinical efficacy of high-dose acyclovir in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A meta-analysis of randomized individual patient data

1998

A meta-analysis of 8 randomized trials (1792 patients, 2947 patient-years of follow-up) showed that acyclovir (> or = 3200 mg/day) offered a significant survival benefit (P = .006 by log-rank...

Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine-related disease in HIV-infected children: A systematic review

2009

OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics and risk of bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine related disease in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected infants. METHODS: Systematic literature review of articles published from 1950...

Deworming helminth co-infected individuals for delaying HIV disease progression

2009

BACKGROUND: The HIV-1 pandemic has disproportionately affected individuals in resource-constrained settings. These areas often also have high prevalence of other infectious diseases, such as helminth infections. It is important to...

Using hepatitis A and B vaccination as a paradigm for effective HIV vaccine delivery

2007

BACKGROUND: An understanding of vaccine acceptance and uptake is imperative for successful vaccination of populations that will be primary targets for vaccination after a vaccine against HIV is developed and...

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