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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 85 avhandlingar innehållade ordet HIV-infected.

  1. 1. Optimization of pediatrics antiretroviral treatment outcomes among HIV infected children in Ethiopia

    Författare :Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 is a global agenda. To meet this global goal, having safe and effective antiretroviral therapy is a key requirement. In Ethiopia, the safety and efficacy of combination antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected pediatric population is poorly studied. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Pulmonary tuberculosis and Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in HIV-infected patients in Ethiopia

    Författare :Getachew Aderaye; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The objective of this study initially was to determine the prevalence of culture-verified pulmonary tuberculosis in TB suspects and investigate the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the prevalence, clinical and radiological presentation and diagnosis of tuberculosis. During the study, it soon became clear that the HIV sero-prevalence in tuberculosis (TB) suspects who could not be verified to be culture-positive was too high to deserve an explanation. LÄS MER

  4. 3. HIV-infected African parents living in Stockholm, Sweden : social networks, disclosure, parenthood, and knowledge about HIV-transmission

    Författare :Ann-Sofie Åsander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :African parents; collectivism-individualism coping and adaptation ; disclosure; HIV AIDS; parenting; social network; Sweden; Uganda; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Background: HIV-infected individuals born in Africa constitute about 30 percent of the about 5000 persons who are living with HIV in Sweden, and represent the largest group of those infected through heterosexual contact. Thus, most children of HIV-infected persons in Sweden have a parent of African origin. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Aspects of care among HIV infected patients : needs, adherence to treatment and health related quality of life

    Författare :Claes Cederfjäll; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :HIV AIDS; Homosexuality; male; needs; hospital stay; attitudes; constant comparative method; gender; health related quality of life; disclosure; sense of coherence; adherence; antiretroviral therapy; longitudinal study; restrictions in daily life; cross sectional.;

    Sammanfattning : The HIV disease has many manifestations, some of which may compromise the patient's well- being and quality of life. In addition, the intake of antiretroviral drugs entails inconvenience or discomfort that may degrade the heath related quality of life (HRQOL). LÄS MER

  7. 5. HIV and pregnancy : an epidemiological, clinical and virological study of HIV-infected pregnant women and their offspring

    Författare :Susanne Lindgren; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :HIV; pregnancy; screening; viraemia; CD4 cell counts; counselling; perinatal transmissionStockholm 1996;

    Sammanfattning : Background: HIV infection is spread throughout most parts of the world with a substantial risk for a fatal outcome within 10 years. The virus is transmitted sexually, by infected blood and from mother to child. Whether the course of am HIV infection in women is changed by pregnancy is not known. LÄS MER