Pharyngitis and epiglottitis

ML Alcaide, AL Bisno - Infectious disease clinics of North America, 2007 - Elsevier
Acute pharyngitis is one of the most common illnesses for which patients visit primary care
physicians. Most cases are of viral origin, and with few exceptions these illnesses are both …

Diagnosis and management of acute HIV infection

NM Zetola, CD Pilcher - Infectious disease clinics of North America, 2007 - Elsevier
HIV infection starts as an acute, systemic infection, followed by a chronic period of clinical
latency, usually lasting 3 to 10 years, which precedes the eventual collapse of the immune …

[HTML][HTML] Revised recommendations for HIV testing of adults, adolescents, and pregnant women in health-care settings

BM Branson, HH Handsfield, MA Lampe… - MMWR recomm …, 2006 - cdc.gov
These recommendations for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing are intended for all
health-care providers in the public and private sectors, including those working in hospital …

High rates of forward transmission events after acute/early HIV-1 infection

BG Brenner, M Roger, JP Routy, D Moisi… - The Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background. A population-based phylogenetic approach was used to characterize human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—transmission dynamics in Quebec. Methods. HIV-1 pol …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and risk factors of malaria in Ethiopia

DG Ayele, TT Zewotir, HG Mwambi - Malaria journal, 2012 - Springer
Background More than 75% of the total area of Ethiopia is malarious, making malaria the
leading public health problem in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to investigate the …

Delay of HIV-1 rebound after cessation of antiretroviral therapy through passive transfer of human neutralizing antibodies

A Trkola, H Kuster, P Rusert, B Joos, M Fischer… - Nature medicine, 2005 - nature.com
To determine the protective potential of the humoral immune response against HIV-1 in vivo
we evaluated the potency of three neutralizing antibodies (2G12, 2F5 and 4E10) in …

HIV rebounds from latently infected cells, rather than from continuing low-level replication

B Joos, M Fischer, H Kuster, SK Pillai… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Rapid rebound of plasma viremia in patients after interruption of long-term combination
antiretroviral therapy (cART) suggests persistence of low-level replicating cells or rapid …

CD4 cell count and HIV DNA level are independent predictors of disease progression after primary HIV type 1 infection in untreated patients

C Goujard, M Bonarek, L Meyer… - Clinical Infectious …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background. Treatment initiation at the time of primary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
type 1 (HIV-1) infection has become less frequent in recent years. Methods. In the French …

Primary HIV-1 infection sets the stage for important B lymphocyte dysfunctions

K Titanji, F Chiodi, R Bellocco, D Schepis, L Osorio… - Aids, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To investigate the effects of primary HIV-1 infection (PHI) and of two antiretroviral
therapies [highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) or reverse transcriptase inhibitors …

Importance of promoting HIV testing for preventing secondary transmissions: modelling the Australian HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men

DP Wilson, A Hoare, DG Regan, MG Law - Sexual health, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Background: We address the research questions:(i) what proportion of new HIV infections is
transmitted from people who are (a) undiagnosed,(b) in primary HIV infection (PHI),(c) on …