| the effects of the liberalization of syringe sales on the behaviour of intravenous drug users in france. | a study to evaluate the effects of the liberalization of syringe sales in france, which was carried out in 1987 and 1988 in paris and at créteil, maisons-alfort, metz, bordeaux and marseille by a research team of the institute for epidemiological research on drug dependence (irep) in paris, included two samples of intravenous users of drugs, primarily heroin: a street sample of 157 persons and a sample of 123 persons undergoing treatment for drug addiction at in-patient facilities. the study, ba ... | 1989 | 2765721 |
| neutralizing antibodies against highly cytopathic zairian human immunodeficiency type-1 virus (hiv-1) ndk are present in sera outside africa. | the prototype virus hiv-1 lav and highly cytopathic zairian virus hiv-1 ndk belong to the genetic subtypes b and d and represent low and highly cytopathic phenotypes, respectively. their neutralization pattern and serotype were studied with respect to differences in their genotypes and phenotypes. sera from hiv-1-infected persons living in four geographically distant areas, philadelphia (usa), ribeirao preto (brazil), marseille (france) and kinshasa (zaire), were tested for the presence of type- ... | 1995 | 7631521 |
| hepatitis e virus infection in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. | hepatitis e virus (hev) is a newly-identified causative agent of acute and chronic hepatitis in severely immunocompromized patients. the present study sought to assess the prevalences of past, recent, on-going, and chronic hev infections in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in marseille, south-eastern france, and to determine if they were correlated with the patients' immunological status or with cirrhosis. anti-hev igg and igm and hev rna testing were concurrently perfor ... | 2011 | 21837786 |
| [syphilis outbreak in southeast france]. | since 2000, syphilis has reappeared in the form of an epidemic in france and more particularly, in the paris region. however, there is little available data concerning other regions of france. the purpose of this study was to identify the chief characteristics of this epidemic in the côte d'azur region. | 2006 | 17053733 |