| macroepidemiology of the hivs-aids (haids) pandemic. insufficiently considered zoological and geopolitical aspects. | the human immunodeficiency viruses (hivs)-acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) or haids pandemic originated from lentiviruses of nonhuman primates (thus qualifying as a zoonosis) that moved into humans in africa. the haids patients eventually die of opportunistic infections, all potentially zoonotic. the haids infection remained parochial, first endemically and then epidemically, until the african urbanization that occurred in each of the countries postindependence. the latter included wars ... | 1992 | 1626879 |
| anti-hiv antibodies and other serological and immunological parameters among normal haitians in montreal. | a matched-pair, cross-sectional study of lymphocyte and serological parameters associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) in 189 randomly chosen, ostensibly healthy adult haitian immigrants residing in montreal matched for sex, age (within 5 years), and neighborhood of residence to 189 non-haitian (caucasian) controls was done in 1983-1984. three years later (1986-1987), 41 of the haitian study subjects and 83 of the non-haitian controls participated in a follow-up study centered ... | 1990 | 2153200 |
| [acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]. | | 1985 | 2988217 |
| immediate causes of death in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. | we evaluated the immediate causes of death in 54 adults who underwent an autopsy and were diagnosed as having died of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome between april 1980 and october 1983. the study group included 25 haitians, 19 homosexual men, five intravenous drug abusers, two hemophiliacs (type a), and three with no known risk. fourteen died of central nervous system diseases: 11 of toxoplasma encephalitis, one of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, one of viral encephalitis, an ... | 1985 | 2990379 |
| cytomegalic inclusion virus encephalitis in patients with aids: ct, clinical, and pathologic correlation. | the computed tomographic (ct) scans of 10 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who had central nervous system (cns) involvement by cytomegalovirus (cmv) were retrospectively reviewed and correlated with clinical data and pathologic findings. diagnosis was established in all 10 patients by autopsy, which showed the pathognomonic "owl's eye" intracellular inclusions of cmv. in six patients cmv caused an initial cns infection that was directly responsible for the patient's progressive e ... | 1986 | 3010685 |
| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome associated with acanthamoeba infection and other opportunistic organisms. | a 29-year-old haitian man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome presented with nasal obstruction and epistaxis. a computed tomogram of the head showed thickened nasal and paranasal sinus mucosa. a biopsy specimen of the turbinate disclosed inflammatory tissue containing amoebic trophozoites. the patient was empirically treated with rifampin and ketoconazole. he died four months after biopsy of other complications of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. at autopsy, the amoebic infection was foun ... | 1986 | 3488048 |
| epidemiology of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). | this review of the epidemiology of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) focuses on the aids virus, immunology, clinical manifestations, surveillance, epidemiologic studies, and prevention. although no treatment has been able to reverse the immunodeficiency characteristic of aids, epidemiologic studies have identified the routes of transmission of this virus and thus suggest strategies for prevention. the number of reported cases of aids in the us is increasing rapidly. the 1st 1000 cases ... | 1985 | 3902491 |
| role of interferon in aids. | | 1984 | 6100011 |
| the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a discussion of etiologic hypotheses. | | 1983 | 6100776 |
| aids from the perspective of experimental pathology. | | 1983 | 6100977 |
| acquired immunodeficiency with intestinal cryptosporidiosis: possible transmission by haitian whole blood. | a 31-year-old frenchman had an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) with profound depression of cellular immunity and relative sparing of humoral immunity. the clinical picture included intractable secretory diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and weight loss. gastrointestinal cryptosporidiosis was present and a perfusion technique showed profuse secretion of fluid in the proximal small bowel. the patient also had recurrent salmonella typhimurium septicaemia, cytomegalovirus infection, and ... | 1983 | 6133990 |
| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with severe gastrointestinal manifestations in haiti. | 29 patients (19 males and 10 females) in haiti were diagnosed as having acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. their clinical presentation was characterised by unexplained chronic diarrhoea, prolonged fever, extreme weight loss, anorexia, and severe infections. the infectious agents included: candida albicans (27 patients), mycobacterium tuberculosis (7 patients), cryptosporidium (11 patients), pneumocystis carinii (2 patients), cytomegalovirus (4 patients), and herpes virus (3 patients). in 1 woma ... | 1983 | 6137696 |
| acquired immune deficiency in haitians: opportunistic infections in previously healthy haitian immigrants. | we describe acquired immune deficiency manifested by opportunistic infections in 10 previously healthy heterosexual haitian men. the opportunistic pathogens included toxoplasma gondii (in four patients), cryptococcus neoformans (in one), pneumocystis carinii (in four patients), and candida albicans (in three). six of the patients also had mycobacterium tuberculosis. immunologic studies of three patients showed a decrease in the numbers and activity of helper t cells, with normal or increased pop ... | 1983 | 6217423 |
| opportunistic infections and kaposi's sarcoma among haitians: evidence of a new acquired immunodeficiency state. | twenty haitian patients, hospitalized from 1 april 1980 to 20 june 1982, had pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, central nervous system toxoplasmosis, esophageal candidiasis, cryptococcosis, disseminated cytomegalovirus, progressive herpes simplex virus, chronic enteric coccidiosis, or invasive kaposi's sarcoma. ten patients died. opportunistic infections were frequently multiple and were recurrent in three patients. in seven patients disseminated tuberculosis preceded the other infections by 2 to 1 ... | 1983 | 6299151 |
| symbiosis of pneumocystis carinii and cytomegalovirus in a case of fatal pneumonia. | | 1983 | 6301670 |
| unusual causes of death in haitians residing in miami. high prevalence of opportunistic infections. | twenty-one (100%) haitians and 42 (21.5%) of 192 native black americans autopsied in a 33-month period at jackson memorial hospital, miami, were included in this review. all autopsied materials were examined. among the haitians autopsied, infectious diseases accounted for 11 (52%) of 21 deaths. toxoplasma encephalitis was the leading cause of death (five cases). other infectious causes of death included disseminated cryptococcosis (one), disseminated cytomegalovirus diseases (one), pneumocystis ... | 1983 | 6348327 |
| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in infants. | fourteen infants with clinical and laboratory features of an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome were identified in a single metropolitan area from november 1980 to july 1983. patients were predominantly of haitian parentage, although two cases occurred in offspring of non-haitian intravenous drug abusers. only one patient had received a blood transfusion before the development of clinical findings. the predominant clinical findings included failure to thrive, persistent infection of the oral muc ... | 1984 | 6606781 |
| opportunistic infections and acquired cellular immune deficiency among haitian immigrants in montreal. | eight haitian immigrants (five with acquired immune deficiency syndrome [aids] and three with the signs and symptoms of aids but without opportunistic infections or malignant diseases) are described. all had malaise, weight loss, fever and generalized lymphadenopathy. all five of those with opportunistic infections died from the infections, which were multiple in four cases. septic shock due to escherichia coli or klebsiella pneumoniae developed in two patients. evidence of immune deficiency in ... | 1983 | 6315211 |
| cytomegalovirus- and cryptosporidium-associated acalculous gangrenous cholecystitis. | a well-documented case of cytomegalovirus- and cryptosporidium-associated cholecystitis is described in a 19-year-old heterosexual haitian man who had the acquired immune deficiency syndrome and acute acalculous gangrenous cholecystitis associated with these pathogens. this case adds to the spectrum of the manifestations of the profoundly immunocompromised state. | 1984 | 6328993 |
| heterosexual and homosexual patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. a comparison of surveillance, interview, and laboratory data. | homosexual and heterosexual patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome were compared by risk group. race; diagnoses; history of sexually transmitted diseases, sexual behavior, and drug use; and socioeconomic indicators differed considerably among risk groups, suggesting different risk factors for acquisition of the syndrome. patients in the homosexual, intravenous drug user, and haitian risk groups differed in their serologic response to cytomegalovirus and syphilis testing, presumably ... | 1984 | 6318632 |