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Knowledge and acceptability of HAART among TB patients in Durban, South Africa.
(Taylor & Francis., 2005)
From October 2002 to February 2003, we conducted semi-structured interviews on knowledge of
HIV, antiretroviral treatment, and willingness to participate in voluntary counselling and testing and
HAART with 54 consenting ...
Antiretroviral prophylaxis for HIV prevention reaches a key milestone.
(Elsevier., 2012)
No abstract available.
HIV-prevention science at a crossroads: advances in reducing sexual risk.
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins., 2009)
Purpose of review—We review the current state of evidence-based prevention strategies for reducing sexual transmission of HIV. The combined programmatic and scientific efforts through 2008 to reduce sexual transmission of ...
Utility of Tuberculosis directly observed therapy programs as sites for access to and provision of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited countries.
(The Infectious Diseases Society of America., 2004)
The overwhelming share of the global human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and disease burden is borne by resource-limited countries. The explosive spread of HIV infection and growing burden of disease in these ...
Disclosure of HIV status: experiences of patients enrolled in an integrated TB and HAART programme in South Africa.
(NISC & Taylor & Francis, 2009)
The convergence between the tuberculosis (TB) and HIV epidemics has led to studies investigating strategies for integrated HIV and TB care. We present the experiences of a cohort of 17 patients enrolled in the first ...
A pilot study of once-daily antiretroviral therapy integrated with Tuberculosis directly observed therapy in a resource-limited setting.
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins., 2003)
To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of integrating highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) into existing
tuberculosis directly observed therapy (TB/DOT) programs, we performed a pilot study in an urban ...
HIV treatment in South Africa: overcoming impediments to get started.
(Elsevier, 2004)
No abstract available.
Ratio of monocytes to lymphocytes in peripheral blood identifies adults at risk of incident tuberculosis among HIV-infected adults initiating antiretroviral therapy.
(Oxford University Press., 2013)
Background. Eight decades ago, the ratio of monocytes to lymphocytes (hereafter, the “ML ratio”) was noted to affect outcomes of mycobacterial infection in rabbits. Recent transcriptomic studies support a role for relative ...
Patients’ readiness to start highly active antiretroviral treatment for HIV.
(BMJ publishing group., 2005)
Assessing whether patients are ready to start antiretroviral treatment may improve HIV prevention and treatment outcomes.
Evolution of an HIV glycan–dependent broadly neutralizing antibody epitope through immune escape.
(Nature Publishing Group., 2012)
Neutralizing antibodies are likely to play a crucial part in a preventative HIV-1 vaccine. Although efforts to elicit broadly cross-neutralizing (BCN) antibodies by vaccination have been unsuccessful, a minority of individuals ...