Allergy/Immunology - HIV/Immunodeficiency News & Articles

1 HIV-Exposed Uninfected Infants are at Increased Risk for Severe Infections in the First Year of Life Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, May 18, 2012

2 Extended follow-up confirms early vaccine-enhanced risk of HIV acquisition and demonstrates waning effect over time among participants in a randomized trial of recombinant adenovirus HIV vaccine (Step study) The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 18, 2012

3 Adeno-associated virus may play a protective role against human papillomavirus-induced cervical lesions independent of HIV serostatus International Journal of STD & AIDS, May 18, 2012

4 Study of HIV/AIDS-related knowledge among junior high-school students in Shanghai, China International Journal of STD & AIDS, May 18, 2012

5 Evaluation of PIMA point-of-care CD4 testing in a large UK HIV service Sexually Transmitted Infections, May 18, 2012

6 Leptin replacement therapy does not improve the abnormal lipid kinetics of hypoleptinemic patients with HIV-associated lipodystrophy syndrome Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental, May 17, 2012

7 Prognostic value of indeterminate interferon-γ release assay results in HIV-1-infection Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 17, 2012

8 Determinants of epidermal nerve fibre density in antiretroviral-naïve HIV-infected individuals HIV Medicine, May 17, 2012

9 Evaluation of the effectiveness of an outreach clinical mentoring programme in support of paediatric HIV care scale-up in Botswana AIDS Care, May 17, 2012

10 HIV intertest interval among MSM in King County, Washington Sexually Transmitted Infections, May 17, 2012

11 Pruritus in HIV-infected patients in the era of combination antiretroviral therapy: a study of its prevalence and causes International Journal of STD & AIDS, May 17, 2012

12 Survey of lactation suppression in HIV-positive pregnant women International Journal of STD & AIDS, May 17, 2012

13 Comparing Outcomes of HIV versus Non-HIV Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation Clinical Medicine & Research, May 17, 2012

14 Cigarette Smoking and Fetal Morbidity Outcomes in a Large Cohort of HIV-Infected Mothers Nicotine & Tobacco Research, May 16, 2012

15 HIV-associated nephropathy: a diagnosis in evolution Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, May 16, 2012

16 HLA-B Signal Peptide Polymorphism Influences the Rate of HIV-1 Acquisition but Not Viral Load The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 16, 2012

17 CNS viral invasion and inflammation during acute HIV The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 16, 2012

18 CAPRISA 004 Tenofovir Microbicide Trial: No Impact of Tenofovir Gel on the HIV Transmission Bottleneck The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 16, 2012

19 Current practices of partner notification among MSM with HIV, gonorrhoea and syphilis in the Netherlands: an urgent need for improvement Full Text BMC Infectious Diseases, May 16, 2012

20 HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men in New Zealand 1985–2009: 25 years of public health monitoring International Journal of STD & AIDS, May 16, 2012

1 Early and long lasting alteration of Effector CD45RA-Foxp3high Regulatory T cells homeostasis during HIV infection The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 17, 2012

2 Factors associated with cerebrospinal fluid HIV RNA in HIV infected subjects undergoing lumbar puncture examination in a clinical setting Journal of Infection, April 30, 2012

3 Common Skin Conditions in Children with HIV/AIDS American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, April 4, 2012

4 Human normal immunoglobulin in the treatment of primary immunodeficiency diseases Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, April 13, 2012    Free full text

5 Probable corticosteroid-induced reactivation of latent HBV infection in an HIV-positive patient involving immune escape The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2, 2012

6 Severe immune dysregulation affects CD4+CD25hiFoxP3+ Regulatory T-cells in HIV-infected patients with low-level CD4 T-cell repopulation despite suppressive HAART The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 9, 2012

7 Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome; An X-Linked Primary Immunodeficiency Disease with Unique and Characteristic Features Allergology International, February 29, 2012    Free full text

8 Sleepiness and sleep quality in patients with HIV infection Journal of Psychosomatic Research, April 6, 2012

9 Condylomata, cytological abnormalities and human papillomavirus infection in the anal canal in HIV-infected men HIV Medicine, April 16, 2012

10 Outcome of smoking cessation counselling of HIV-positive persons by HIV care physicians HIV Medicine, April 27, 2012

11 Head-to-head comparison of accuracy of a rapid point-of-care HIV test with oral versus whole-blood specimens: a systematic review and meta-analysis The Lancet Infectious Diseases, April 26, 2012

12 A critical evaluation of arguments opposing male circumcision for HIV prevention in developed countries AIDS Care, April 20, 2012

13 Scale-up of TB and HIV programme collaborative activities in Zambia – a 10-year review Tropical Medicine & International Health, April 17, 2012

14 Lung infections in the HIV-infected adult Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, April 6, 2012

15 The natural history of injecting drug use: a 25-year longitudinal study of a cohort of injecting drug users in inner city Dublin Irish Journal of Medical Science, March 30, 2012

16 Ocular findings in human immunodeficiency virus patients in Washington, DC International Ophthalmology, April 4, 2012

17 The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening in Patients with HIV Journal of General Internal Medicine, March 12, 2012

18 Valproic acid in association with highly active antiretroviral therapy for reducing systemic HIV-1 reservoirs: results from a multicentre randomized clinical study HIV Medicine, March 15, 2012

19 Body fat distribution in HIV-infected patients treated for 96 weeks with darunavir/ritonavir monotherapy versus darunavir/ritonavir plus nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors: the MONOI-ANRS136 Substudy HIV Medicine, April 20, 2012