Search for dissertations about: "HIV infections epidemiology"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words HIV infections epidemiology.

2. 11. Pulmonary tuberculosis and HIV interaction in a setting with a high prevalence of HIV : clinical, diagnostic and epidemiological aspects

   Author : Judith Bruchfeld; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Tuberculosis; HIV; Ethiopia; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; diagnosis; direct microscopy; sodium hypochlorite; sputum concentration; epidemiology; DNA drug resistance; P. carinii; PCP.;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this study was to elucidate the influence of HIV infection on the occurrence, clinical presentation, diagnostic yield and transmission of M tuberculosis among consecutive out-patients with symptoms suggestive of PTB in a high TB and HIV endemic area. Among 509 consecutive out-patients attending a university hospital in Ethiopia, 33. READ MORE

4. 12. Epidemiology and clinical importance of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus

   Author : Robert Halasz; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : GBV-C; HGV; prevalence; transmission; children; fulminant hepatic failure; clinical importance;

   Abstract : GB virus C (GBV-C) or hepatitis G virus (HGV) is a recently discovered enveloped RNA virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family. GBV-C/HGV has been suggested to be a causative agent of non-A-non-E hepatitis. However, several contradictory observations cast doubts that it actually causes hepatitis. READ MORE

5. 13. Becoming your own doctor. Healthcare-seeking, stigma, and related challenges among persons with same-sex sexuality in East Africa

   Author : Markus Larsson; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Tanzania; Uganda; same-sex sexuality; stigma; healthcare-seeking; healthcare needs; mental health; sexual coercion; respondent-driven sampling; social networks; pharmacy workers; men who have sex with men; sexually transmitted infections;

   Abstract : The health among men and women with same-sex sexuality experience, i.e. attraction to and/or sexual relations with someone of the same sex, in Sub-Saharan Africa is an increasing public health concern. Prior research on men who have sex with men (MSM) has demonstrated that their healthcare utilisation is limited due to stigma and discrimination. READ MORE

6. 14. Recent trends in the epidemiology of gonorrhoea in Sweden : the role of importation and core groups

   Author : Torsten Berglund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Neisseria gonorrhoeae; epidemiology; core groups; importation; serovar; PFGE; antimicrobial resistance; men who have sex with men MSM ;

   Abstract : In 1997 the gonorrhoea incidence in Sweden started to rise from a low-prevalent level after some 25 years of steady decline. The rise has continued and coincides with similar trends in other sexual transmitted infections (STIs) and in other Western industrialized countries. READ MORE

7. 15. Molecular characteristics of HIV-1 subtype C and its impact on therapeutic outcome in Ethiopia

   Author : Amare Worku Kalu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : HIV-1 is characterized by a high genetic diversity which poses several challenges and implications with regard to disease progression, drug resistance and outcome of antiretroviral therapy (ART). HIV-1 subtype C (HIV-1C) is the most rapidly expanding subtype accounting for half of the global disease and nearly all infections in Ethiopia, Southern Africa and India which are the regions with the highest burden of HIV-1 infection. READ MORE