HIV viral load and CD4+ lymphocyte counts in subjects coinfected with HTLV-1 and HIV-1
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Patient coinfected with HIV and human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) may have 146% higher CD4+ white blood cell levels in the blood than patients infected with HIV alone. In coinfection, the higher CD4+ level does not indicate better immune function, and HIV viral load may remain a better measure of disease status in coinfected patients.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1997
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Behavioral impact, acceptability, and HIV incidence among homosexual men with access to postexposure chemoprophylaxis for HIV
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The behavioral impact, acceptability and incidence of HIV infection in persons with easy access to post-sexual exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to prevent HIV is studied. Studies revealed that PEP was safe and did not appear to be associated with increases in reported high-risk behavior and ready access to it did not effect HIV transmission.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2004
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Incident HIV infection in a high-risk, homosexual, male cohort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The authors studied a community of 753 HIV-uninfected gay males between the ages of 18 and 50 for an average of 1.5 years in Rio de Janeiro. Of this group, 34 became infected, an annual rate of 3.1% overall, and for those under 20 years old, a rate of 8.4%.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 1999
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