Background. Coronary revascularization procedures often cause lowered exercise capacity
and declining physical activity levels. These outcomes are paramount in predicting morbidity …

Oral lesions are among the early signs of HIV infection and can predict its progression to
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). A better understanding of the oral …

Objective: Conducted a literature review to identify studies that reported on the oral
manifestations in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected children in highly active …

HIV infection affects residents of all countries of the world, but the greater majority of affected
individuals reside in the developing world. In the past decade there have been substantial …

Leukocytes are considered to be the main source of HIV-1 infection in semen. However, HIV-
1 interaction with spermatozoa has also been demonstrated, suggesting that both …

Highly active antiretroviral therapy leads to a reduction in both blood and seminal plasma
viral load [1, 2]. Some patients on protease inhibitors have, however, demonstrated …

Objective To investigate the relationship between CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5)
genotype, viral load and co-receptor usage of maternal HIV-1 isolates in perinatal HIV-1 …

Polymorphism at codon 54 of mannose-binding protein gene inf... : AIDS Polymorphism at codon
54 of mannose-binding protein gene influences AIDS progression but not HIV infection in …

HIV protease inhibitors (PIs) used in antiretroviral combination therapy have been
increasingly implicated in reports of lipodystrophy, a phenomenon associated with truncal …

Homozygosity for a 32-base pair deletion (Delta32) within the CC-chemokine receptor 5
(CCR5) gene confers resistance to infection by R5-type HIV-1 isolates. To ascertain how …