| hiv-1 infection among non-intravenous drug user female prostitutes in spain. no evidence of evolution to pattern ii. | to assess the prevalence of hiv-1 infection among non-intravenous drug user (ivdu) female prostitutes in spain and to determine risk factors for hiv-1 infection in this population. | 1992 | 1472340 |
| [risk factors for the heterosexual transmission of hiv from man to woman: a spanish multicenter study]. | the aims of this study were to estimate the rate of heterosexual transmission of hiv in a population of intravenous drug users (ivdu), as to well as to identify the possible risk factors associated. | 1992 | 1608276 |
| [multicenter study of the prevalence of type 2 human immunodeficiency virus infection in spain (1990)]. | hiv-2 is a new retrovirus which may produce aids and has been mainly described in individuals from west africa. more than 400 cases have been reported in france and portugal while in spain very few cases of hiv-2 infection have been reported with few studies having been made concerning the prevalence of the disease. this multicentric study analyzes the prevalence of hiv-2 infection in subjects of different risk groups in spain and evaluates the diagnostic efficacy of different methodologies. | 1992 | 1635394 |
| sexually transmitted diseases in homosexual males in seville, spain. | the absence of any official statistics on the prevalence of std in homosexual men in spain induced us to carry out a prospective study of new homosexual patients who consulted the std clinic of the school of medicine in seville, between january 1988 and december 1989. the aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of symptomatic and asymptomatic infections in this group of patients. | 1991 | 1916797 |
| [spanish pediatric association. madrid. human immunodeficiency virus infection. spanish multicenter study]. | the results of an epidemiological survey in spain organized by the "spanish pediatric association" of children born to hiv+ mothers from 1981-1989 are presented. the objectives were, a) to document in the different parts of spain the number of hiv+ children born to hiv+ mothers, and b) to identify the risk factors involved in the hiv infection. only in public hospitals, a total of 1938 hiv+ children born to hiv+ mothers were identified. a systematic yearly increase of hiv+ newborns was evident s ... | 1991 | 1929009 |
| [evidence of exposure to the virus of acquired immune deficiency syndrome in risk groups from the seville area. preliminary evaluation]. | | 1986 | 3007883 |
| [clinical characteristicsand course of extrapulmonary/disseminated tuberculosis in patients with aids. study of 103 cases diagnosed in the province of cadiz]. | tuberculosis constitutes a public health problem that has become more serious in the past couple of years primarily due to the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). this study analyzes the evolutionary, clinical, and epidemiological characteristics of the extrapulmonary and disseminated forms of tuberculosis (tbd/e) in aids patients diagnosed in the province of cádiz. data for 103 patients who manifested both diseases were gathered prospectively. the prevalence of tbd/e was 30 percent ... | 1994 | 8008945 |
| [comparison of knowledge and risk behavior regarding aids among hiv+ and hiv- inmates at the provincial prison of granada]. | we have studied at the provincial prison of granada, during the months of july and august of 1993 the knowledges of the prison inmates about the transmission of the aids, measures of prevention, risk behaviors like not use of condoms, use of intravenous drugs and sharing syringes. in total, there were 75 human immunodeficiency virus infected (hiv+) and 78 not infected (hiv-). the percentage of correct answers about transmission were significant, similar to the other studies done population in ge ... | 1996 | 8991879 |
| seroepidemiology of measles, mumps and rubella virus infections in normal children and adults in southern granada, spain: response to a vaccination programme. | a seroepidemiological study of measles, mumps and rubella virus infection in normal children and adults in southern granada, spain, and the response to a vaccination programme was carried out. protection from the mumps and rubella virus was reduced in the group of 3 to 7 year-old children vaccinated at age 15 months indicating the need for revaccination against rubella as well as the mumps virus. | 1996 | 9141711 |
| anonymous testing of newborn infants for hiv antibodies as a basis for estimating prevalence of hiv in childbearing women: the 1991-1994 study in spain. | during 1991-1994, anonymous screening of newborn infants for maternal antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) was carried out in three regions of spain: valencia, galicia and sevilla. the newborn infants whose heel-stick blood eluates were satisfactory for hiv antibody tests were a consecutive series of 104 876, representing 99.3% of all newborn infants undergoing routine metabolic screening and estimated as comprising at least 98% of all births in the three regions. enzyme immunoassay (e ... | 1997 | 9240862 |
| [attitudes of nursing staff in western málaga to hiv/aids infection]. | to identify how nursing staff at two care levels in the western area of malaga view human immunodeficiency virus infection (hiv/aids), evaluating differences that might exist in function of age, sex, professional status, work seniority, contact with infected people, perceived risk, information received and general information about the disease. | 1997 | 9296652 |
| molecular epidemiology of mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated during a 3-year period (1993 to 1995) in seville, spain. | the genetic polymorphism of mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in seville, spain, was studied by using computer-assisted analysis of the is6110 fingerprint in order to determine the current situation and to evaluate the human-to-human transmission of this pathogen. one hundred seventy-six isolates from 175 patients among the 205 patients diagnosed with tuberculosis (tb) during a 3-year period (1993 to 1995) were cultured and analyzed. one hundred nine patients (62%) were infected with g ... | 1997 | 9316891 |
| [the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection and the risk behaviors in the heroin addicts of barcelona, madrid and seville: an example of the advantages of centering studies on addicts and not just on intravenous users]. | the switch from intravenous heroin administration to smoking of heroin might be changed the trends in the prevalence of hiv infection and risk behaviours among spanish users. | 1999 | 10618778 |
| [prevalence of primary mutations in human immunodeficiency virus with resistance to nucleoside analogues in previously untreated patients from andalusia. andalusian group for the study of infectious diseases (gaei)]. | to analyze the frequency of hiv primary mutations to nucleosides analogues in andalusia. | 2000 | 11093845 |
| [temporal evolution of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection in a population cared for in a hospital in málaga]. | we have studied the incidence of tuberculosis++ disease, hiv infection and their association during a period of 6 years using samples analysed in a third level hospital laboratory. | 2000 | 11109721 |
| [the spanish scientific production about human immunodeficiency virus infection/aids. a study through medline (1991-1999)]. | to analyze the research output of spanish authors on human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection/aids. | 2001 | 11734169 |
| impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on fever of unknown origin in hiv-infected patients. | in order to assess the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) on the frequency and etiology of fever of unknown origin in hiv-infected patients, a retrospective study was performed on cases of fever of unknown origin observed from january 1997 to december 1999 in seven hospitals in five cities in andalusia, spain. during the period specified, a total of 4,858 hiv-infected patients receiving haart and 2,787 hiv-infected individuals not receiving haart were studied. the frequency o ... | 2002 | 11939396 |
| incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis and hiv coinfection in the province of seville, spain, 1998. | using the national notifiable disease surveillance system (nndss) and minimum basic data set (mbds) for hospital discharges we evaluated pulmonary tuberculosis (ptb) surveillance and estimated real ptb incidence and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) coinfection in seville in 1998. in addition, we assessed the sensitivity and the positive predictive value (ppv) of the surveillance system. real incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis was estimated by the capture-recapture method. in 1998, the provinc ... | 2001 | 12086091 |
| the effect of antiretroviral therapy on the prevalence of hiv-associated oral candidiasis in a spanish cohort. | to investigate the temporal changes in the prevalence of oral candidiasis in a cohort of spanish human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected individuals, before and after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart). | 2004 | 15024359 |
| [rate of infection by blood-borne viruses in active heroin users in 3 spanish cities]. | the objective of this paper was to determine the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis c virus (hcv), hepatitis b virus (hbv) and human t lymphotropic virus (htlv) infections in active heroin users in spain. | 2004 | 15144744 |
| [prevalence of indirect sharing of drug-injecting paraphernalia in galicia, madrid, seville and valencia [spain]]. | to study drug-injecting practices, particularly indirect sharing of injecting paraphernalia (isip), and sexual risk behavior. | 2004 | 15625046 |
| htlv infection among young injection and non-injection heroin users in spain: prevalence and correlates. | although some studies have described the epidemiology of infection with hiv or hepatitis b and c in young users in spain - one of the european countries with the highest prevalences - there are no studies of the prevalence of htlv infection and the most important associated factors. | 2006 | 16143565 |
| survival and prognostic factors of hiv-infected patients with hcv-related end-stage liver disease. | to find the survival and the predictors of death of hiv-infected patients with hepatitis c virus (hcv)-related end-stage liver disease (esld). | 2006 | 16327319 |
| [revival of syphilis in malaga]. | in our milieu, syphilis has been truly rare in recent years, although it has never ceased to be present. however, we would like to draw attention to its recent revival, presenting with certain peculiarities. patients adn methods: the characteristics of 12 cases of syphilis diagnosed in our dermatology department between june and december 2004 were studied. | 2006 | 16956564 |
| molecular epidemiology of hiv type 1 in newly diagnosed patients in southern spain. | the prevalence of different hiv-1 subtypes in spain varies by geographic region. in the present study isolates were collected from 72 newly diagnosed individuals in western andalucia from 2004 to 2006. viral sequences were amplified and the subtype diversity and prevalence of resistance mutations in the reverse transcriptase and protease genes were determined. the results presented here demonstrate that subtype b virus predominates in this region (88.9%), with the non-b subtypes crf02_ag (9.7%) ... | 2008 | 18572440 |
| [progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the province of cadiz, spain]. | progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (pml), which is caused by the reactivation of an infection due to the jc human polyoma virus, affects immunocompromised patients and more especially those infected by the human immunodeficiency virus. it produces a multifocal neurological clinical picture due to the destruction of oligodendrocytes and the subsequent demyelination. | 2008 | 18780267 |
| high seroprevalence but low incidence of hcv infection in a cohort of patients with sexually transmitted hiv in andalusia, spain. | to analyze the prevalence and the incidence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) seropositivity in sexually transmitted human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) patients. | 2009 | 19211932 |
| geographical variation in serological responses to recombinant pneumocystis jirovecii major surface glycoprotein antigens. | the use of recombinant fragments of the major surface glycoprotein (msg) of pneumocystis jirovecii has proven useful for studying serological immune responses of blood donors and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-positive (hiv(+)) patients. here, we have used elisa to measure antibody titres to msg fragments (msga, msgb, msgc1, msgc3, msgc8 and msgc9) in sera isolated in the usa (n=200) and spain (n=326), to determine whether geographical location affects serological responses to these antigens ... | 2009 | 19416292 |
| behaviour of the pandemic h1n1 influenza virus in andalusia, spain, at the onset of the 2009-10 season. | in andalusia, spain, the pandemic influenza a(h1n1)v virus has spread throughout the community, being the dominant influenza strain in the season so far. the current objective of the andalusia health service is focussed on the mitigation of the health and social impact by appropriate care of the patients at home or in health centres. the 2009-10 seasonal influenza epidemic started early compared with to previous seasons. this article analyses the influenza a(h1n1)v situation in andalusia until t ... | 2009 | 20003907 |
| increased regulatory t cell counts in hiv-infected nonresponders to hepatitis b virus vaccine. | hepatitis b virus (hbv) coinfection is a main cause of liver-related mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected subjects. unfortunately, hiv-infected subjects show a low rate of response to standard hbv vaccination (23%-56%), in contrast to rates >90% found in the general population, and the underlying causes (particularly cellular and molecular causes) are still unknown. we hypothesized that an increased frequency of regulatory t (t(reg)) cells could be involved in the low rate of ... | 2010 | 20560766 |
| [serological markers in immigrant and spanish pregnant women in granada]. | female immigration from less developed countries into spain has grown in number over the years, and could contribute to changing the prevalence of routine serological markers in pregnant women. | 2010 | 20961669 |
| [hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection in sub-saharan immigrants in almería (spain)]. | there is scant information available in spain regarding virological markers and clinical status in sub-saharan patients infected with hvb. | 2011 | 21330010 |