| condom use among patients attending six sexually transmitted disease clinics in switzerland. | persons treated for a sexually transmitted disease have been shown to be at increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection. levels of condom use among these patients are presented, and sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with self-reported never use of condoms are analyzed. | 1995 | 7502184 |
| molecular epidemiology of hiv-1 in switzerland: evidence for a silent mutation in the c2v3 region distinguishing intravenous drug users from homosexual men. swiss hiv cohort study. | to study the molecular epidemiology of hiv-1 strains found in switzerland and to determine possible genetic linkages among strains sorted by risk group or geographic region. | 2000 | 10708057 |
| hydroxyurea becomes the talk of geneva. | several developments related to hydroxyurea (hu) were described at the 12th world aids conference. hu was shown effective in combination with other drugs in substantially reducing viral loads. one study showed that hu increases the capacity of two new drugs, adefovir and pmpa, to achieve viral suppression, even with the multi- drug resistant form of the virus. some presentations described how hu enhances the activity of nucleoside analogs, and others discussed hu's effects on salvage therapy wit ... | 1998 | 11365621 |
| moving forward: a treatment overview from the 12th world aids conference. | the 12th world aids conference in geneva brought together aids researchers, medical care providers, advocates, and people living with hiv to discuss implications related to providing global access to care. new drugs have decreased deaths and opportunistic infections in developed countries, but developing countries are becoming overwhelmed by the number of new patients. the world health organization estimates that the majority of the 30.6 million people infected with hiv/aids worldwide will die w ... | 1998 | 11367497 |
| fungemia in hiv-infected patients: a 12-year study in a tertiary care hospital. | opportunistic infections caused by fungi are common in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected patients. we focused on severe infections as indicated by detectable fungemia. medical charts available for patients having positive blood cultures with fungi at the university of geneva hospital were retrospectively (1989 to 2000) reviewed. of 328 patients with fungemia during the study period, 315 (96%) medical charts were accessible. of these 315 patients, 37 (12.2%) were hiv-positive, and 13 (3 ... | 2001 | 11522214 |