| hiv infection and maternal and child health. | collaborative studies to determine the consequences of pregnancy in hiv infected women have been begun in the last 2 years. both hiv and hiv antibodies pass through the placenta, and 30-50% of infants born to hiv infected mothers are infected in utero. in developed countries it is feasible to screen pregnant women in high risk groups for hiv positivity. in developing countries, where heterosexual transmission is the main route of infection, there are no high risk groups, and it is not feasibl ... | 1988 | 3225025 |
| trends in hiv-related morbidity among patients admitted to a south indian tertiary hospital between 1997 and 2003. | this paper describes trends in hiv-related morbidity among people living with hiv/aids (plwha) admitted to a tertiary hospital in chennai, south india, between 1997 and 2003. patients comprised hiv-infected men, women and children who had been admitted at least once to yr gaitonde centre for aids research and education (yrgcare). a non-parametric trends analysis was conducted to observe trends in clinical and demographic parameters and diagnoses at admission over the seven-year period. among cli ... | 2006 | 16809114 |
| demographic & clinical profile of hiv infected children accessing care at tambaram, chennai, india. | human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is severely affecting the poorly educated and economically disadvantaged in indian society. when children start developing clinical manifestations, needing treatment, they have to travel long distances for accessing care and support at tertiary institutions. this places an extra burden on patients, who are already struggling to cope with their illness. sufficient data are needed for the government to evolve appropriate policy for providing care to the children ... | 2009 | 19287056 |
| identification of pneumocystis carinii in induced sputum of aids patients in chennai (madras). | induced sputum samples were collected from 32 aids patients with respiratory ailments. pneumcystis carinii was demonstrated in 9 out of 32 aids cases by indirect immunofluorescence technique (hf). four cases were positive by all the three techniques namely giemsa staining, toluidine blue staining and iif, three were positive by both toluidine blue and iif, and two were positive only by iif. among other microbial pathogens, acid fast bacilli was demonstrated in all the p carinii positive cases an ... | 2000 | 11218675 |