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The impact of Laduma, a health education intervention, on the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding sexually transmitted infections among secondary school learners in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2005)
Purpose
To evaluate the impact of Laduma, a health education intervention, on the
knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices regarding sexually transmitted infections
among secondary school learners in KwaZulu-Natal. ...
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors-associated mutations in the RNase H region of HIV-1 isolates in South African adults and children failing highly active antiretroviral therapy.
(2012)
Background: The South African national treatment program includes NRTIs in both first and
second line highly active antiretroviral therapy regimens. Recently, mutations in the RNase H
domain have been associated with ...
The epidemiology of dual HIV infection in the KwaZulu-Natal Anti-Retroviral Roll-out Programme.
(2007)
KwaZulu-Natal has the highest prevalence of HIV in South Africa. The prevalence of dual infection in a normal-risk population in this region is unknown. Dual HIV infection has important implications for diagnosis, treatment ...
The role of the protease cleavage sites in viral fitness and drug resistance in HIV-1 subtype C.
(2010)
There is an increasing number of patients failing second line highly active antiretroviral therapy
(AZT, DDI and LPV/r) in South Africa, where HIV-1 subtype C predominates. Mutations at gag
cleavage sites (CS) have ...
The association of early neonatal feeding on clinical outcomes and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses in HIV exposed low birth weight infants.
(2011)
BACKGROUND
Sub-saharan Africa remains to date at the forefront of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Despite
breastfeeding being a significant mode of postnatal HIV transmission it remains the main
nutritional source and pillar of ...
The scope and spectrum of challenges presented to the general surgeon by patients affected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) : a review.
(2012)
Background: Surgical disease related to HIV is scantily documented with a paucity of data
detailing the manifestations of HIV in surgery especially in resource-poor, high prevalence
settings such as in South Africa. This ...
The interaction between human leucocyte antigen-G and natural killer cells at the placental interface in HIV-1 infected pregnant women and the significance, if any, to in utero transmission.
(2007)
This study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between Natural Killer cells and HLA-G at the placental barrier in HIV-I infected pregnant women and to establish the significance, if any, to in utero infection. ...
Acquired and transmitted drug resistance in HIV-1 subtype C : implications of novel mutations on replication capacity, cleavage and drug susceptibility.
(2015)
Introduction
Large scale roll-out of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has been successful in improving the quality of life of HIV-1 infected individuals in South Africa (SA). However the development and transmission ...
The impact of pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infected pregnant women on perinatal and early infant mortality.
(2007)
Background: Although the prevalence of pneumonia in pregnancy is reported to be less than 1%, the pregnant state and risk factors associated with the development of pneumonia adversely influence the outcome of pregnancy. ...
Evaluation of haematological parameters and immune markers in HIV-infected and non-infected pre-eclamptic Black women.
(2007)
This study focuses on women with both pre-eclampsia and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy-specific syndrome that occurs after 20 weeks gestation. Thrombocytopenia is the most common haematological ...