| hiv risk behaviors and testing history in historically black college and university settings. | from 2001 through 2005, african americans accounted for the largest percentage of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in all age categories, especially among people aged 13 to 24 years. although students attending historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) report many of the behaviors that promote hiv transmission, their risk behaviors and hiv testing practices have not been well-characterized. we compared the demographic and behav ... | 2008 | 19166095 |
| migration patterns following hiv diagnosis among adults residing in the nonurban deep south. | health care needs of those infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and subsequent transmission dynamics are altered by migration after infection. we interviewed 760 hiv-infected persons attending hiv-specialty clinics living in non-urban alabama and mississippi to ascertain the likely geographic origins of their infections, determine their post-hiv diagnosis mobility, and identify predictors of this mobility. most subjects (81%) were living in these two states when diagnosed and hav ... | 2006 | 16938675 |
| hiv infection among young black men who have sex with men--jackson, mississippi, 2006-2008. | in the united states, black men who have sex with men (msm) account for a disproportionate number of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). from 2001 to 2006, the number of hiv/aids cases among black msm aged 13--24 years in 33 states increased 93%. in 2006, more new aids cases among black msm were diagnosed in the south than in all other u.s. census regions combined. in november 2007, the mississippi state department of health (msdh) repor ... | 2009 | 19194368 |
| characteristics of hepatitis c virus coinfection in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected population with lower reported rates of injection drug use. | injection drug use (idu) is considered the major risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) coinfection. we examined risk factors for hiv/hcv coinfection in a region with a low reported rate of idu. | 2009 | 19474656 |
| incarceration as a risk factor for hepatitis c virus (hcv) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) co-infection in mississippi. | injection drug use (idu) is the most commonly recognized risk factor for co-infection with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv). we examined risks for hiv/hcv co-infection in a population with a low rate of idu. | 2010 | 21099071 |
| hiv/aids and african american men: urban-rural differentials in sexual behavior, hiv knowledge, and attitude towards condoms use. | we assessed the differences and similarities in knowledge, attitude, beliefs, myths, and misconceptions; and the various high-risk behavioral factors that influence the rate of infectivity of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/aids among african american men in urban and rural communities of mississippi. | 2010 | 21287894 |
| hiv testing among deep south residents 50 to 64 years old with cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes. | to describe hiv testing among deep south residents aged 50 to 64 years old with cardiovascular disease (cvd) and/or diabetes. | 2010 | 21287895 |
| barriers and facilitators to hiv testing in primary care among health care providers. | human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is a preventable disease that can have improved outcomes with early diagnosis and treatment. the cdc recommends that hiv testing be incorporated into clinical settings as part of routine medical care. | 2011 | 21809793 |
| determinants of antimicrobial prophylaxis use and treatment for wasting among patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus disease in the united states, 1995-1998. | despite us public health service (usphs) recommendations for antimicrobial prophylaxis for patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) disease, the proportion of patients who receive prophylaxis is not known. we measured the prevalence of antimicrobial prophylaxis use, and treatment for hiv wasting at baseline among 531 patients with advanced hiv disease enrolled in a multicenter randomized trial of red blood cell transfusion. use of antimicrobial prophylaxis and treatment for wast ... | 2001 | 11118390 |
| breast cancer and human immunodeficiency virus: a report of 20 cases. | carcinoma of the breast is the most common malignancy in women in the united states. more than 40% of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection develop cancer during their illness, but breast cancer has seldom been reported. twenty patients with breast cancer and hiv infection seen at the university of miami/jackson memorial hospital between january 1988 and august 2000 were retrospectively analyzed. seventeen patients had a previous or concurrent diagnosis of hiv at the time of ... | 2001 | 11899415 |
| tuberculosis skin testing among hiv-infected pregnant women in miami, 1995 to 1996. | approximately 6000 women deliver annually at jackson memorial hospital in miami, where 2.4% of women has human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and 60% is foreign-born. we conducted a retrospective review of prenatal records among hiv-infected women to evaluate tuberculin skin testing (tst). | 2002 | 11896523 |
| cluster of hiv-infected adolescents and young adults--mississippi, 1999. | from february through june 1999, seven human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected young persons were identified in a small town in rural mississippi. two persons were identified through routine voluntary hiv testing during sexually transmitted disease (std) evaluations, and five were identified subsequently through contact investigation by the local health department. contact investigation identified sex partners and social contacts (i.e., persons who shared social surroundings) and defined a s ... | 2000 | 11032092 |
| disseminated histoplasmosis in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus. | disseminated histoplasmosis is an aids-defining illness that occurs in about 5% of aids patients residing in histoplasmosis-endemic areas of the united states (the mississippi and ohio river valleys). this disease develops as a result of acute infection and perhaps also as the result of reactivation of latent infection: cases reported from areas such as new york city, where histoplasmosis is not endemic, are most likely due to reactivation of an infection acquired earlier in a histoplasmosis-end ... | 1995 | 8547497 |
| clinics first to receive female condom. | the us food and drug administration (fda) is expected to soon approve the reality female condom (polyurethane sheath lining the vagina) which will be distributed to sexually transmitted disease (std) and family planning clinics instead of retail outlets. the importer and eventual manufacturer, wisconsin pharmaceutical company in jackson, wisconsin, aims to educate providers first. it plans to sell reality to clinics at about half the commercial price which is $2.50. the fda's obstetrics and g ... | 1993 | 12318087 |
| female condoms scheduled to reach u.s. market this year. | 3 female condoms, or "vaginal pouches" as they are called by the fda (us food and drug administration) are expected to be marketed in the us in 1991, the bikini condom from international prophylactics inc., princeton nj; women's choice from m.d. personal products, hayward ca; and reality from wisconsin pharmacal co., jackson, wi. the advantages of the female condoms are control for women over contraception and sexually transmitted diseases (stds), availability over the counter, no need for sper ... | 1991 | 12316952 |
| cutaneous disseminated histoplasmosis in aids patients in south florida. | histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic pathogenic fungus endemic to the mississippi and ohio river valleys. in the immunocompetent it causes a self-limited disease, but in the immunocompromised may lead to disseminated disease (disseminated histoplasmosis (dh)). it is one of the opportunistic infections which defines the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) and is rarely encountered outside endemic regions. | 1997 | 9329891 |
| prognostic significance of oral lesions in children with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection. | to assess the prevalence and prognostic significance of oral lesions in children with human immunodeficiency virus infection. | 1993 | 8418598 |
| lung cancer in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. | this retrospective study determined the clinical course of lung cancer in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. a total of 23 patients with hiv infection archived as lung cancer were studied: 16 were identified from about 1,000 lung cancer patients entered in the tumor registry and medical records of jackson memorial hospital, 7 were identified from about 1,000 hiv-positive patients entered in the special immunology registry of veterans administration medical center, 4 pati ... | 1995 | 7847261 |
| barriers to condom use and barrier method preferences among low-income african-american women. | low-income african-american women (n = 178) entering health clinics completed surveys assessing perceived barriers to condom use for themselves personally and for african-american women generally. following the survey, each woman received a demonstration of five barrier contraceptive methods and then rated her preference among those methods. the women perceived relatively few personal barriers to use of the male condom but perceived significantly greater barriers for other african-american women ... | 1995 | 7483652 |
| survival in children with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. | we describe our experience at jackson memorial hospital in miami, florida, with 172 children who were given diagnoses of perinatally acquired infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1). the 146 mothers of the children acquired hiv-1 through heterosexual contact (69 percent), intravenous drug use (30 percent), or blood transfusion (1 percent). the children presented with symptomatic disease at a median age of eight months; only 21 percent presented after the age of two years. the ... | 1989 | 2594038 |
| seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus among adolescent attendees of mississippi sexually transmitted disease clinics: a rural epidemic. | human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection among adolescents is causing increasing concern, and teenagers attending sexually transmitted disease (std) clinics run a high risk of contracting it. to determine the status of hiv infection in a mississippi adolescent population, we evaluated seroprevalence rates for adolescents attending mississippi state department of health std clinics from 1988 to 1990. during this 2-year period, 9855 adolescents (aged 13 to 20 years) attended std clinics, and h ... | 1992 | 1585196 |
| charges and charge coverage in the treatment of hiv/aids patients in a rural southern state. | in mississippi it was not known where human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) or acquired immunodeficiency disease syndrome (aids) persons receive care, what type of care is available to them, and how care is financed. to ascertain inpatient treatment charges of hiv/aids patients, a medical record review was conducted at 10 priority hospitals distributed across mississippi. one-hundred fifty-six (156) patient records were randomly selected from a population of persons with hiv/aids. a total of 3,865 ... | 1997 | 10169955 |
| community aids/hiv risk reduction: the effects of endorsements by popular people in three cities. | it is critical to extend community-level acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) prevention efforts beyond education alone and to develop models that better encourage behavioral changes. gay men in small cities are vulnerable to human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection due to continued high rates of risk behavior. this research introduced an intervention that trained popular people to serve as behavioral change endorsers to peers sequentially across three different cities. | 1992 | 1443297 |
| new medical report confirms 'abysmal' care in mississippi prison. | a second review of the quality of care given to inmates with hiv at mississippi's parchman penitentiary indicates that the care is extremely inadequate. the review was the result of a class-action lawsuit filed by the inmates earlier against the department of corrections for failing to comply with national standards for hiv medical treatment. as recently as january 1999, the facility maintained a policy of providing two-drug combinations for hiv treatment, even though federal guidelines call for ... | 1999 | 11366602 |
| an investigation of genital ulcers in jackson, mississippi, with use of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay: high prevalence of chancroid and human immunodeficiency virus infection. | in 1994, an apparent outbreak of atypical genital ulcers was noted by clinicians at the sexually transmitted disease clinic in jackson, mississippi. of 143 patients with ulcers tested with a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay, 56 (39%) were positive for haemophilus ducreyi, 44 (31%) for herpes simplex virus, and 27 (19%) for treponema pallidum; 12 (8%) were positive for > 1 organism. of 136 patients tested for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) by serology, 14 (10%) were hiv-seropos ... | 1998 | 9806035 |