Published in Viruses
Macrophages are important target cells for HIV-1 infection that play significant roles in the maintenance of viral reservoirs and other aspects of pathogenesis. Understanding the determinants of HIV-1 tropism for macrophages will inform HIV-1 control and eradication strategies. Tropism for macrophages is both qualitative (infection or not) and quan...
Background. Cause-of-death statistics are an essential component of health information. Despite improvements, underregistration and misclassification of causes make it difficult to interpret the official death statistics. Objective. To estimate consistent cause-specific death rates for the year 2000 and to identify the leading causes of death and p...
Published in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Published in BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
This article presents the response of Carol Bellamy, executive director of the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), to the article by Yamey about the alliances UNICEF is seeking to form with manufacturers of infant formula that do not comply with the international code of marketing of breast milk substitutes. Bellamy confirms that U...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
In this paper, Charles Todd comments that the report of Evan Wood and colleagues illustrates the dangers of taking a narrow medical view of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. It runs the risk of reversing the growing realization that the HIV/AIDS epidemic in southern Africa is a broad, social, cultural, political, and economic issue rather than a pur...
Published in AIDS care
The objectives were to study and compare the psychosocial and psychopathological aspects of HIV infection in African and European HIV-positive women living in France. All women included were seen in a semi-structured interview to assess personal history, history of their HIV infection, social and family relationships, preoccupation with childbearin...
Published in AIDS care
Demand for HIV counselling services is increasing in developing counties, but there have been few previous studies that describe counsellors' roles and experiences providing HIV-related counselling in developing countries. Such information can be used to better supervise and support counsellors and thereby improve counselling services. As a sub-stu...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
HIV-1 infection is associated with an increased frequency of clinical malaria and parasitaemia. This association tends to become more pronounced with advancing immunosuppression, and could have important public-health implications for sub-Saharan Africa.
Published in Lancet (London, England)
The ruling African National Congress party and the Health Minister have moved into damage-control mode to counter increasing confusion about President Thabo Mbeki's exact position on the link between HIV and AIDS in South Africa. Commentators said that the more the government has tried to explain the cause of AIDS, the more confused the public and ...
Published in Lancet (London, England)
This article examines the feasibility of a Ugandan study by James Whitworth and colleagues on the effect of HIV-1 infection and advancing immunosuppression on falciparum parasitemia and clinical malaria. The researchers observed the interaction between malaria and HIV-1 infection in adults with acquired immunity to malaria. Data were collected at t...
