| sleep patterns are disturbed in cats infected with feline immunodeficiency virus. | human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-related sleep disturbances have been reported early in aids. likewise, the feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv), a natural lentivirus pathogen of cats, produces a similar immunodeficiency syndrome with neurological sequelae. to identify the neurophysiological substrate of fiv infection in brain, pathogen-free cats were infected with the maryland strain of fiv. eight weeks after inoculation, all fiv-infected cats seroconverted and virus was detected in the cerebr ... | 1994 | 7809152 |
| careful monitoring of human rights needed -- dr. wiwat rojanapithayakorn. | in his talk, joint un program on hiv/aids team leader dr. wiwat rojanapithayakorn made a plea for the careful monitoring of human rights with respect to the hiv/aids epidemic. since the start of the hiv/aids pandemic, a total of 47 million people have been infected with hiv, 14 million have died of aids, with 33 million afflicted with the virus by the end of 1998. in the wake of this global crisis comes the widespread abuse of human rights and fundamental freedoms worldwide. many hiv/aids pat ... | 1999 | 12295690 |
| transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis c virus through liver transplantation. | in november 2007, a liver transplant recipient was confirmed to have human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis c (hcv) infection after the organ procurement agency notified our institution that the donor has been hiv and hcv positive. we reviewed medical records and the collected blood sample results for hiv and hcv testing. a 66 year old female with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis underwent liver transplantation. the donor was a male who had sex with men who received multiple bloo ... | 2008 | 18975294 |
| when and how to investigate the patient with headache. | the common complaint of headache usually has a benign cause, most often a primary headache syndrome. the history and neurologic and general physical examinations usually permit a definitive diagnosis. when in doubt, diagnostic testing is indicated. certain historical and examination findings increase the likelihood of a secondary headache disorder and the need for diagnostic testing. these include (1) recent head or neck injury; (2) a new, worse, worsening, or abrupt onset headache; (3) headache ... | 2010 | 20352583 |
| the evolution of cd4+ t cell cytometry in perspective: challenges for resource poor settings. | cd4+ t cell cytometry antedated the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) epidemic. however it was in the wake of the hiv scourge that cd4+ t cell counting technology gradually evolved from a pure cellular research assay technique into a routine clinical diagnostic test. in the more than two and half decades of the hiv/aids pandemic, this cell based diagnostic test has undergone several phases of technological improvements in the efforts to produce cheaper and more robust equipment for the monitori ... | 2010 | 20632666 |
| maternal mortality | at the close of the last century, sub-saharan africa still had high maternal morbidity and mortality rates, with the goals of safe motherhood eluding many governments. the programme of action of the international conference on population and development of 1994 and the fourth world conference on women of 1995 were created in an attempt to tackle these issues and drew unprecedented attention to reproductive health and rights as well as to gender equity and equality. the scourge of the human immun ... | 2006 | 21290649 |