| pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in zimbabwe. | pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (pcp) is said to be rare in africa, with reported rates of 0-22% in human-immunodeficiency-virus (hiv) infected individuals with respiratory symptoms. over one year in a central hospital in southern africa, 64 hiv-infected patients with acute diffuse pneumonia unresponsive to penicillin and sputum smear-negative for acid-fast bacilli underwent fibreoptic bronchoscopy. bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was assessed for bacteria, fungi, pneumocystis carinii, and mycobacte ... | 1995 | 7475717 |
| relationship of human herpesvirus 8 peripheral blood virus load and kaposi's sarcoma clinical stage. | to determine the relationship between human herpesvirus 8 (hhv-8 or kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus) peripheral blood virus load and kaposi's sarcoma (ks) clinical stage. | 2000 | 11061651 |
| relationship of kaposi sarcoma (ks)-associated herpesvirus viremia and ks disease in zimbabwe. | the relationship between kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (kshv) viremia and ks disease was investigated in 500 subjects who received treatment in harare, zimbabwe. subjects were grouped by results of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) type 1 serological tests, ks diagnosis, and ks clinical stage. the plasma kshv dna concentration was associated with concomitant ks and hiv-1 infection (aids-ks; p<.001) and aids-ks clinical stage (p=.01). plasma kshv dna levels were greater in aids-ks than i ... | 2003 | 12715309 |
| lack of evidence for frequent heterosexual transmission of human herpesvirus 8 in zimbabwe. | there is conflicting evidence about the contribution of heterosexual transmission to the spread of human herpesvirus 8 (hhv-8) in southern africa. this study evaluated the hypothesis that hhv-8 infection is associated with risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) and other sexually transmitted infections among zimbabwean men. | 2009 | 19400749 |
| evaluation of plasma human herpesvirus 8 dna as a marker of clinical outcomes during antiretroviral therapy for aids-related kaposi sarcoma in zimbabwe. | the usefulness of plasma human herpesvirus 8 (hhv-8) dna as a marker of response to treatment for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated kaposi sarcoma (aids-ks) in an african setting is unknown. | 2010 | 20572760 |