Pathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus infection

JA Levy - Microbiological reviews, 1993 - Am Soc Microbiol
The lentivirus human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS by interacting with a large
number of different cells in the body and escaping the host immune response against it. HIV …

Sex, gender and power: Young women's sexuality in the shadow of AIDS

J Holland, C Ramazanoglu, S Scott… - Sociology of Health …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
While the incidence of HIV infection and AIDS amongst non drug injecting heterosexuals is
currently low in the UK, epidemiological evidence suggests that this situation may be short …

Sex, HIV and the injecting drug user

MC Donoghoe - British journal of addiction, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
There is considerable evidence that drug injectors are reducing their HIV risk, but changes
in syringe sharing behaviour have been greater than those in sexual risk behaviour. This …

[HTML][HTML] Human immunodeficiency virus type 1–serodiscordant couples can bear healthy children after undergoing intrauterine insemination

S Marina, F Marina, R Alcolea, R Expósito, J Huguet… - Fertility and sterility, 1998 - Elsevier
Objective: To use semen from men who were seropositive for human immunodeficiency
virus type 1 (HIV-1) to inseminate their partners without infecting them. Design: Prospective …

Prevalence of HIV infection and HIV risk behaviors associated with living place: on-the-street homeless drug users as a special target population for public health …

GAD Smereck, EM Hockman - The American journal of drug and …, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
The study described here examined the prevalence of HIV infection as a function of place of
residence and high-risk behaviors in six subpopulations of out-of-treatment drug injectors …

Prevalence of HIV antibodies in transsexual and female prostitutes.

B Modan, R Goldschmidt… - … Journal of Public …, 1992 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence was studied in an unselected group of 216
female and transsexual prostitutes. Subjects were asked about age, biological sex, marital …

Uncertain risks and bitter realities: the reproductive choices of HIV-infected women

C Levine, NN Dubler - The Milbank Quarterly, 1990 - JSTOR
Although most babies born to women with HIV will not develop AIDS, many health
professionals and segments of the public object when these women will not forgo …

Estimating hidden populations: a new method of calculating the prevalence of drug‐injecting and non‐injecting female street prostitution

M Bloor, A Leyland, M Barnard… - British Journal of …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
This paper outlines a new method we have developed for estimating the prevalence of
streetworking prostitution and the proportions of female street‐working prostitutes who are …

Sexually transmitted diseases: global importance

JJ Sciarra - International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The worldwide incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) continues …

HIV: virology and mechanisms of disease

SR King - Annals of emergency medicine, 1994 - Elsevier
HIV is the etiologic agent of AIDS. AIDS results from the loss of cells that are central to
immune responses, T lymphocytes that express the CD4 protein on their surface. This paper …