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May 7th, 2021 - Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease occurs commonly in immunocompromised/immunodeficient patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection, neoplasm, solid organ transplantation, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or t...

May 7th, 2021 - Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) has been shown to cross the blood-brain barrier and cause HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) through a process that may involve direct or indirect interactions with the CNS cells and alterations o...

May 6th, 2021 - Mutations in recombinase activating genes 1 and 2 (RAG1/2) result in human severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The products of these genes are essential for V(D)J rearrangement of the antigen receptors during lymphocyte development. Mutations...

May 6th, 2021 - The introduction of clotting factor concentrates has substantially improved the lives of people with clotting factor deficiencies. Unfortunately, the transmission of blood-borne viral infections through these plasma-derived products led to a huge ...

May 6th, 2021 - HCV infection status awareness is crucial in the HCV care continuum for both HCV-seropositive (HCV-positive status awareness) and seronegative (HCV-negative status awareness) populations. However, trends in the unawareness of HCV infection status ...

Apr 9th, 2020 - "U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use" (U.S. MEC) 2016 provides evidence-based guidance for the safe use of contraceptive methods among U.S. women with certain characteristics or medical conditions (1). The U.S. MEC is adapted f...

Oct 28th, 2019 - BACKGROUND Results of an earlier analysis of a trial of the M72/AS01E candidate vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis showed that in infected adults, the vaccine provided 54.0% protection against active pulmonary tuberculosis disease, without...

Sep 3rd, 2019 - Recent findings have suggested an association between pubic hair grooming and self-reported history of sexually transmitted infection (STI), specifically gonococcal infection (GC), chlamydial infection (CT), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...

Jul 12th, 2019 - Our objective was to compare obesity prevalence among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults receiving care and the U.S. general population and identify obesity correlates among HIV-infected men and women. Cross-sectional data was col...

Jun 30th, 2019 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection should be considered in any patient with unusual or recurrent serious infections without another cause, especially in those with risk factors for HIV infection.

May 7th, 2021 - Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease occurs commonly in immunocompromised/immunodeficient patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection, neoplasm, solid organ transplantation, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or t...

May 7th, 2021 - Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) has been shown to cross the blood-brain barrier and cause HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) through a process that may involve direct or indirect interactions with the CNS cells and alterations o...

May 6th, 2021 - Mutations in recombinase activating genes 1 and 2 (RAG1/2) result in human severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The products of these genes are essential for V(D)J rearrangement of the antigen receptors during lymphocyte development. Mutations...

May 6th, 2021 - The introduction of clotting factor concentrates has substantially improved the lives of people with clotting factor deficiencies. Unfortunately, the transmission of blood-borne viral infections through these plasma-derived products led to a huge ...

May 6th, 2021 - HCV infection status awareness is crucial in the HCV care continuum for both HCV-seropositive (HCV-positive status awareness) and seronegative (HCV-negative status awareness) populations. However, trends in the unawareness of HCV infection status ...

Jan 19th, 2021 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to be a major public health problem worldwide. At the end of 2019, an estimated 38 million individuals were living with HIV. Owing to gaps in HIV services, 1.7 million people were newly infected with HI...

Jan 3rd, 2021 - Adults with primary immunodeficiency (PID) and symptomatic secondary immunodeficiency (SID) are at risk of greater morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 compared with the general population, a new study suggests. The findings were published in the...

Nov 22nd, 2020 - Patients with a primary humoral immunodeficiency (PID) are 91% more likely to have a psychiatric disorder and 84% more likely to exhibit suicidal behavior, compared against those without the condition, new research shows. Results showed that this ...

Oct 19th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases range from mild illness to death, according to a small case series. "We were first surprised that we had only a few cases considering how ...

Oct 19th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases range from mild illness to death, according to a small case series. "We were first surprised that we had only a few cases considering how ...