HIV infection does not affect the performance of noninvasive markers of fibrosis for the diagnosis of hepatitis C virus-related liver disease
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A study was conducted to assess the diagnostic performance and characteristics of a number of noninvasive markers of hepatic fibrosis in populations of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients with and without HIV infection. It showed that the diagnostic performance of the evaluated noninvasive markers of liver fibrosis is equivalent in HCV/HIV-coinfected and HCV-infected subjects.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2005
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Characteristics and presenting complaints of outpatients with undiagnosed HIV infection
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The utility of selecting patients for HIV testing based on presenting complaints and demographic and behavioral characteristics in an outpatient medical clinic in a resource-poor setting is assessed. It is suggested that this method might provide a cost-effective approach that permits limited screening resources to be spent in a way that maximizes individual and societal benefit.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2004
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Surveillance for incident HIV infection: new technology and new opportunities
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More sensitive HIV tests can detect HIV infection in its very early stages, allowing public health officials to accurately estimate all new cases. This in turn allows officials to focus in HIV incidence rather than HIV prevalence.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2000
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