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Browsing Research Articles (Internal Medicine) by Subject "Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)"
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(Public Library of Science, 2021-03)DNA methylation is increasingly recognized as a potential biomarker of metabolic disease. However, there is limited information on the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the candidacy of DNA ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-09)Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) remain inadequate – both globally and in South Africa (SA). We systematically scoped the available policies and guidelines for ...
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(In House Publications, 2022)Cavernous transformation of the portal vein is a complication of a prior portal vein thrombosis and carries a very poor prognosis. It is associated with portal hypertension, and the massive ascites that develops as a ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-01-27)BACKGROUND : HIV infection causes immune dysregulation affecting T-cell and monocyte function, which may alter coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pathophysiology. OBJECTIVES : We investigated the associations among ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2014-04-03)BACKGROUND : Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with severe diseases in immunosuppressed patients; however, there is a lack of data for pre-emptive therapy in patients with HIV/AIDS. METHOD : This was a ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2016-10-20)BACKGROUND: Two thirds of the world's new HIV infections are in sub-Saharan Africa. Acute HIV infection (AHI) is the time of virus acquisition until the appearance of HIV antibodies. Early HIV infection, which includes ...
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(Elsevier, 2020-12)The Sub-Saharan countries, particularly South Africa has the largest number of people living with HIV, accompanied by the largest antiretroviral treatment (ART) programme in the world. The Highly Active Antiretroviral ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2020-08)Highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART) is currently the most effective treatment for HIV/AIDS. Additionally, HIV positive patients receiving HAART have a better health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Cancers ...
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(BMC, 2021-02)BACKGROUND: For interventions to reach those they are intended for, an understanding of the factors that influence their participation, as well as the facilitators and barriers of participation are needed. This study ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2018-02-02)OBJECTIVE : To assess the prevalence of HIV risk behaviour among sexually active HIV sero-negative individuals in the Tshwane district of South Africa (SA). METHODS : Demographic and HIV risk behaviour data were collected ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-05)BACKGROUND. Health service coverage cascades measure the proportion of a population in need of a service that experienced a positive health outcome from the service, and enable tracking of progress in achieving universal ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017-11-14)The reported prevalence of articular manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) varies, but with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for almost 70% of the people living with HIV, this results in a considerable burden ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-01-19)BACKGROUND : The neuropsychiatric side effects of efavirenz occur mainly early during treatment and are usually mild. A lesser-known and serious complication is late-onset efavirenz toxicity causing ataxia and encephalopathy. ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2020-12)Obstetric medicine is a subspecialty of internal medicine that involves the management of medical conditions that may affect the course of pregnancy. It is an established subspecialty in many parts of the world, with ...
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(Springer, 2019-08)BACKGROUND : Recently, we reported that the microRNAs (miRNAs) miR-20a-5p and—to a lesser extent—miR-222-3p hold potential as biomarkers for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-10-27)BACKGROUND : Middle and lower income countries are challenged with a double burden of disease: while still coping with the onslaught of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and increasing levels of tuberculosis (TB), there ...
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(MDPI, 2022-12-19)There is increasing awareness of an association between the uptake of the HIV integrase inhibitor, dolutegravir, in first-line antiretroviral regimens with unusual weight gain and development of the metabolic syndrome, ...
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(BMC, 2022-06-30)BACKGROUND : We aimed to develop and validate a tool to identify which pregnant/lactating young South African women (≤ 24 years) are at risk of HIV infection. METHODS : Data from three national South African Prevention ...
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(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016-05)Patients with cirrhosis of the liver usually present with a small, shrunken liver and a large spleen. The presence of an unusually huge liver should prompt the treating doctor to look for another cause, as this may be ...
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(MDPI, 2021-02-26)Although bedaquiline has advanced the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), concerns remain about the cardiotoxic potential of this agent, albeit by unexplored mechanisms. Accordingly, we have investigated ...
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