Estudios recientes mencionan el rol de los eosinòfilos en el curso de la infecciòn por HIV; como cèlula presentadora de antìgeno y tambièn como reservorio o cèlula blanco del virus. El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar el nivel de eosinòfilos en pacientes infectados por HIV en los diferent...
En un estudio realizado por el Programa de Lucha Contra el SIDA en 1995, la prevalencia de infecciòn por el VIH fuè del 46 por ciento, en una poblaciòn de 44 travestis transformistas dedicados a la prostituciòn. Estos datos revelaron la urgencia de realizar una evaluaciòn de los factores de riesgo p...
Six penitentiary institutions from Asunción and border cities were visited in order to determined the seroprevalence of HIV and syphilis infection. Six (0.9 percent) out of 663 sample from the prison inmates were positive for HIV-antibodies and 20 (3 percent) were VDRL reactive. These results show that ...
From April 1987 to December 1990, a total of 3895 persons participated in our anonymous HIV-antybody prevalence study in groups at risk for sexually-acquired HIV infection. Male travestied prostitutes had the highest HIV-antibody seroprevalence (> 30 precent). Seventy five percent of all known male trave...
Reported numbers underestimate the true occurrence of pediatric AIDS: There is underreporting or delay in reporting because infected children ofthen have nonspecific signs and symptoms that may not meet the CDC surveillance case definition for pediatric AIDS. Infants and children under 13 years of age wi...
