Summary The Middle East and north Africa is one of only two world regions where HIV
incidence is on the rise, with most infections occurring among key populations: people who …

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a highly morphic, retrovirus that rapidly evolves
through mutation as well as recombination. Because of the immunocompromised status in …

Pakistan has been a hub of several HIV outbreaks over the last two decades, with four major
outbreaks being registered since 2018. There has been a recent rise in HIV infections …

Purpose Prisoners are at a higher risk of HIV infection compared to the general population.
The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of HIV and related risk behaviours …

An advanced detection assay is important for clinical diagnosis of human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) infection in asymptomatic individuals. The first step in timely treatment and …

Methods: After diagnosis of primary case of COVID-19 on 24 th March, 2020 in camp jail,
527 suspected cases were identified through contact tracing. The health department …

Results We identified 3 latent classes, including low-risk (41.35%), high-risk (50.28%), and
moderate-risk (8.37%) classes. The moderate-risk class was most likely prison history …

Objectives: The present study aims to identify the risk factors for Human Immunodeficiency
Virus-1 (HIV-1) infection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) population by comparing HIV …

Objective: HIV was diagnosed for the first time in Pakistan in 1987; since then, the
prevalence has been gradually increasing and is expected to rise over the next decade …

Background: People with chronic illnesses, such as HIV infection, face many barriers in the
way of adherence to the treatment. In this study, the researchers attempted to investigate the …