scholarly journals The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk Behaviour: A Systematic Literature Review of High-Risk Groups, with a Focus on South Africa

10.5772/31560 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela G. ◽  
Michelle Schneider ◽  
Radu M. ◽  
Charles Parry ◽  
Matthew Chersich
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Risk Behaviour ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The Relationship

Hepatitis C virus infection and genotypes among human immunodeficiency virus high-risk groups in Cameroon

2001 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Ndjomou ◽  
Bernd Kupfer ◽  
Bettina Kochan ◽  
Leopold Zekeng ◽  
Lazare Kaptue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus Infection ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus

Late diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infections in high-risk groups in Karachi, Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (14) ◽  
pp. 1400-1406
Author(s):  
Zahra Hasan ◽  
Sharaf Shah ◽  
Rumina Hasan ◽  
Shoaib Rao ◽  
Manzoor Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Hiv Infections ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Hiv 1

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection prevalence in Pakistan has been increasing in high-risk groups, including people who inject drugs (PWID) and transgender hijra sex workers (TG-HSWs) nationwide. Effective control of HIV requires early diagnosis of the infection. We investigated recency of HIV infections in newly-diagnosed cases in PWID and TG-HSWs. This was an observational study with convenience sampling. Overall, 210 HIV-positive subjects comprising an equal number of PWID and TG-HSWs were included. Antibody avidity was tested using the Maxim HIV-1 Limiting Antigen Avidity (LAg) EIA (Maxim Biomedical, Inc. Rockville, Maryland, USA). The mean age of study subjects was 29.5 years: PWID, 28.5 years and TG-HSWs, 30.4 years. Study subjects were married, 27%, or unmarried. Eighteen percent of individuals had recently-acquired HIV infections: 19% of PWID and 17% of TG-HSWs. Eighty-two percent of individuals had long-term HIV infections: 81% of PWID and 83% of TG-HSWs. This is the first study identification of recent HIV-1 infections in Pakistan. We show that most newly-diagnosed HIV patients in the high-risk groups studied had long-term infections. There is an urgent need for intervention in these groups to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection to reduce transmission in Pakistan.

Seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in a Prenatal Population at High Risk for HIV Infection

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (7) ◽  
pp. 825-828
Author(s):  
MICHAEL K. LINDSAY ◽  
HERBERT B. PETERSON ◽  
DAVID C. MUNDY ◽  
BARBARA A. SLADE ◽  
TERRY FENG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Virus Infection ◽  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus
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