Search for dissertations about: "antiretroviral treatment"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 126 swedish dissertations containing the words antiretroviral treatment.

  2. 16. Studies on the clinical pharmacology of antiretroviral agents

    Author : Filip Josephson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : This thesis begins with an account of the development of the antiretroviral treatment paradigm for HIV infection, focusing on the emergence of present day principles of antiretroviral therapy (e.g. READ MORE

  4. 17. Amino acid predictors of HIV-1 coreceptor use in different subtypes and their application to antiretroviral treatment

    Author : Lotta Pramanik Sollerkvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) group M is responsible for the HIV pandemic and has great genetic variability. The main subtypes and circulating recombinant forms belonging to this group differ in their worldwide distribution, their disease progression patterns, as well as in their coreceptor use phenotype distributions. READ MORE

  5. 18. Immunological and virologica response to antiretroviral treatment (art) in patients infected with different HIV-1 genetic subtypes

    Author : Ann Atlas; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : HIV- 1 genetic subtype; CD4 T cell count; viral load; activation markers; IL-7;

    Abstract : Genetic analyses of different strains of HIV- 1 have shown that isolates can be subdivided into groups, subtypes and circulating recombinant forms. Nine different genetic HIV-1 subtypes have been identified so far, named as A, B, C, D, F, G, H, J and K. READ MORE

  6. 19. Optimization of TB/HIV co-treatment in Ethiopian patients

    Author : Wondwossen Amogne Degu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV infection act with deadly synergy. HIV is the most important risk factor for latent TB reactivation and active TB progression following exposure or reinfection while TB accelerates HIV progression. TB is the most frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV infection. READ MORE

  7. 20. HIV treatment outcomes in Uganda : the impact of baseline characteristics and variability in pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics of antiretroviral drugs

    Author : Sarah Nanzigu; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : ART Outcomes;

    Abstract : Guidelines specify criteria for initiation and monitoring of antiretroviral treatment (ART), including options for first line regimens. Immunological progress remains a widely used form of HIV/ART monitoring and efavirenz, a preferred first line antiretroviral drug. READ MORE