Background Infection with HIV may result in significant neuropsychological impairment,
especially in late stage disease. To date, there have been no cohort studies of the impact of …

Dyslipidemia has been documented worldwide among human immunodeficiency virus-
infected (HIV) individuals and these changes are reminiscent of the metabolic syndrome …

The chronic infection status suffered by HIV-infected individuals promotes chronic arterial
inflammation and injury, which leads to dysfunction of the endothelium, atherosclerosis and …

HIV significantly affects the immunological environment during tuberculosis coinfection, and
therefore may influence the selective landscape upon which M. tuberculosis evolves. To test …

South Africa has the largest worldwide HIV/AIDS population with 5.6 million people infected
and at least 2 million people on antiretroviral therapy. The majority of these infections are …

There is growing evidence to suggest that HIV may interact with several hepatic cell types;
however, evaluation of HIV variability in liver tissue has not been addressed to date. Among …

Objective: Early studies in Cape Town identified independent HIV-1 epidemics, with distinct
viral subtypes, among men who have sex with men (MSM) and the heterosexual population …

HIV‐1 is a major health problem in South Africa with an average prevalence rate of 29.1% in
pregnant women and between 4.9 and 6.1 million people infected. Using env gp120 V3 …

Abstract Background South Africa has a generalized and explosive HIV/AIDS epidemic with
the largest number of people infected with HIV-1 in the world. Molecular investigations of …

The chronic illness trajectory and its outcomes are well explained by the concept of illness
identity; the extent to which ill individuals have integrated their diagnosed chronic illness into …