| pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients in bombay: diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage cytology and transbronchial lung biopsy. | we report pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (pcp) diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage cytology and transbronchial lung biopsy in three out of five human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) positive adult patients presenting with interstitial pneumonitis. one of these patients was serologically positive for hiv at the time of presentation and the remaining two patients were detected to be hiv positive on follow up after the diagnosis had been established. all the three patients were treated with co-trimoxa ... | 1996 | 9018976 |
| hiv-2 prevalence in uttar pradesh. | serum samples collected since 1989 with various patterns of reactivity for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-1, on the basis of screening elisa and confirmatory western blot (wb) test, were subjected to the detection of hiv-2 infection based on screening dot immunoassay and confirmatory wb for hiv-2. significant prevalence of hiv-2 infection was (37.03%) among sera reactive for hiv-1 by elisa but indeterminate by western blot, compared with sera reactive for hiv-1 by elisa and wb (3.29%) or neg ... | 1996 | 9062036 |
| reproductive tract infections, gynaecological morbidity and hiv seroprevalence among women in mumbai, india. | reported are the prevalence of reproductive tract infections and their contribution to pelvic inflammatory disease (pid), as well as the seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), among women living in three inner city wards of mumbai, india. women aged < or = 35 years were recruited and screened as cases if they had been admitted to hospital for gynaecological investigation for suspected pid (n = 151) or infertility (n = 295); controls were healthy fertile women attending for laparos ... | 1998 | 9744248 |
| relationship between clinical conditions and cd4 counts in hiv-infected persons in pune, maharashtra, india. | a decade after the detection of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in india, a steady increase in the number of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) has been observed. the therapeutic options for patients with aids in developing countries include chemoprophylaxis and identifying and treating opportunistic infections. cd4 counts help in clinical monitoring and making decisions about initiating antiretroviral therapy or chemoprophylaxis. flowcytometry is expensive and ... | 2000 | 11002684 |
| awareness of post-exposure prophylaxis guidelines against occupational exposure to hiv in a mumbai hospital. | exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is a matter of concern for healthcare workers. we conducted a survey to determine the level of awareness amongst operating room personnel regarding post-exposure prophylaxis in case of needlestick injuries from confirmed or suspected cases of hiv. | 2002 | 12044118 |
| country watch. india. | to provide legal support to people living with hiv/aids (phiv), protect their rights, and promote policy changes, the bombay lawyers collective is networking with governmental organizations, local and national nongovernmental organizations (ngos), and organizations in the asia/pacific region. the collective is also collaborating with the national aids committee (naco), the government of maharashtra, the un development program, and the world health organization. their hiv/aids-related activities ... | 1995 | 12289022 |
| human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in patients with severe falciparum malaria in urban india. | cd4+ t cells restrict parasitaemia during the first attack of falciparum malaria; humoral immunity, develops weeks later and protects against reinfection. hiv infection may affect severity of falciparum malaria and development of protective immunity. | 2003 | 12867684 |
| human immunodeficiency virus type 1 drug resistance mutations in peripheral blood mononuclear cell proviral dna among antiretroviral treatment-naive and treatment-experienced patients from pune, india. | the prevalence of hiv drug resistance (hivdr) mutations in the hiv protease (pr) and reverse transcriptase (rt) genes was estimated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (pbmcs) in a study population of 25 antiretroviral (arv) therapy-naive and 50 arv-experienced chronically infected patients from pune city, maharashtra state, western india. of the 75 study hiv-1 sequences, 73 belonged to subtype c and 2 to subtype a1. on phylogenetic analysis, the study subtype c sequences sub clustered rando ... | 2007 | 17506605 |
| hiv prevalence and predictors of infection in sex-trafficked nepalese girls and women. | sex trafficking of girls and women is widespread across south asia and is recognized as both a violent gender-based crime and major human rights violation. inadequate empirical data exist to characterize this phenomenon and its related health consequences, such as human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. | 2007 | 17666674 |
| modern and ancestral genotypes of mycobacterium tuberculosis from andhra pradesh, india. | traditionally, the distribution of the mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in india has been characterized by widespread prevalence of ancestral lineages (tbd1+ strains and variants) in the south and the modern forms (tbd1(-) cas and variants) predominating in the north of india. the pattern was, however, not clearly known in the south-central region such as hyderabad and the rest of the state of andhra pradesh where the prevalence of both tuberculosis (tb) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv ... | 2011 | 22114678 |