| [spanish pediatric association. madrid. human immunodeficiency virus infection. spanish multicenter study]. | the results of an epidemiological survey in spain organized by the "spanish pediatric association" of children born to hiv+ mothers from 1981-1989 are presented. the objectives were, a) to document in the different parts of spain the number of hiv+ children born to hiv+ mothers, and b) to identify the risk factors involved in the hiv infection. only in public hospitals, a total of 1938 hiv+ children born to hiv+ mothers were identified. a systematic yearly increase of hiv+ newborns was evident s ... | 1991 | 1929009 |
| [the prevalence of serological markers for the human immunodeficiency virus and the hepatitis b virus in a psychiatric hospital]. | to estimate the prevalence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), antibodies to hepatitis b core antigen (anti-hbc), hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag), and antibodies to delta virus (anti-dv). | 1990 | 2286497 |
| [prevalence of type 1 human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in african patients residing in catalonia]. | 278 black patients from west africa, living in maresme, a coastal area north of barcelona were studied in order to determine the prevalence of hiv-1 infection. during the first period (1984-86), 102 patients were studied, 3 of them were positive for hiv-2, but none was positive for hiv-1. in the second period (1987-89), 176 patients were studied and 15 were positive for hiv-1. sexual intercourse with prostitutes of low social level was the only risk factor in all of them. nine of these 15 patien ... | 1990 | 2377013 |
| [infection by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in the population of prisoners of catalonia]. | the prison population represents a high risk group for the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. the present study was carried out to know the prevalence of infection in this collective in three penitentiary centers in catalonia. | 1994 | 8159054 |
| [rates of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in intravenous drug addicts from the barcelona area, according to sex and age of drug consumption onset]. | the differences in the rates of hiv infection in intravenous drug addicts according to the age of onset of drug consumption, sex and length of intake were evaluated. | 1996 | 8948942 |
| characteristics of tuberculosis patients who generate secondary cases. | to determine the characteristics of smear positive tuberculosis (tb) patients who generate secondary tb cases. | 1997 | 9432392 |
| influence of human immunodeficiency virus 1 infection and degree of immunosuppression in the clinical characteristics and outcome of infective endocarditis in intravenous drug users. | immunosuppression caused by human immunodeficiency virus 1 (hiv) infection appears to modify the clinical characteristics and to increase the severity of several bacterial infections. the impact of hiv infection and the degree of immunosuppression on the clinical characteristics and outcome of infective endocarditis (ie) in intravenous (iv) drug users has not been well characterized. | 1998 | 9778205 |
| predictors of adherence to tuberculosis treatment in a supervised therapy programme for prisoners before and after release. study group of adherence to tuberculosis treatment of prisoners. | the prison population is a high-risk group for tuberculosis (tb). this investigation aimed to study predictive factors of treatment adherence among prisoners involved in a pilot programme of supervised treatment. the study included tb patients from the men's penitentiary center of barcelona (mpcb) in 1995. directly observed therapy (dot) was carried out in the infirmary or in a methadone programme. released prisoners were referred to the municipal maintenance methadone programmes (mmp) and other ... | 1998 | 9817177 |
| [the epidemiological surveillance of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in a hospital population of catalonia. collaborators in the vihhosp project]. | aids is one of the most important problems of public health in our setting. the surveillance of hiv infection in sentinel population is an important alternative to the use of the aids cases registries, to obtain a dynamic and updated information about hiv/aids epidemic. the objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hiv infection among the patients from 5 sentinel hospitals in catalonia, spain. | 1998 | 9922955 |
| conference report - i. investigating new vaccines: ebola and hiv: highlights from the viral vaccine meeting; october 25-28, 2003; barcelona, spain. | | 2003 | 14745371 |
| primary human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection: clinical, virological and immunological characteristics of 75 patients (1997-2003). | to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics and the evolution of a cohort of patients with primary hiv-1 infection from the barcelona area. | 2006 | 16725083 |
| prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in inmates recently incarcerated in a men's prison in barcelona. | to study the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (ltbi) in prisoners. | 2012 | 22236847 |