Although global commitment to control the HIV/AIDS pandemic has increased significantly in
recent years, the virus continues to spread with alarming and increasing speed. By the end …

This book grew out of a scientific review, originally published in Microbiological Reviews. It
has been updated and expanded-now citing more than 2100 references (100 pages of the …

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is now pandemic. Targeting HIV-1 reverse
transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) has been considered as one of the most successful targets for the …

Background The mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 (MTCT) remains on the major route of
HIV-transmission among pediatric populations in Africa. Though a prevention of MTCT …

Background There is a paucity of data on the national population-level effectiveness of
preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes in high-HIV-prevalence …

Ambitious goals for paediatric AIDS control have been set by various international bodies,
including a 50% reduction in new paediatric infections by 2010. While these goals are …

Objective: We studied the prevalence of and predictors for traditional medicine use among
pregnant women seeking care in the Lusaka, Zambia public health system. Subjects: We …

A cross-sectional survey of 2910 rural Indian men aged 18–40 years from five rural districts
in five different states revealed that nearly 10% of single and 3% of married men had had …

Background Intrapartum and neonatal single-dose nevirapine are essential components of
perinatal HIV prevention in resource-constrained settings, but can induce resistance to other …

Background India lacks data on the incidence of Paediatric HIV. In 2010, the Indian Council
of Medical Research commissioned a task force study to estimate the paediatric HIV burden …