Hiv Sentence Examples

However, there are reasons why a rise in heterosexual STIS need not foreshadow a rise in heterosexual HIV.

In the war on terrorism and the role on HIV, the UN's role is equally pernicious.

To find out if you've got HIV you need to have a blood test.

Just let the HIV do what it is going to do.

All the services, in a sense, then conspire for HIV to become the primary focus for the person.

Two years ago at Durban, HIV positive Judge Edwin Cameron's passionate denunciation of health inequality galvanized the world drug access movement.

Calling my HIV the cat flu is something I do to take the sting out of it.

They seem careless in their attitudes to people infected or affected by HIV.

The Uganda Virus Research Institute is possibly Africa's greatest citadel of HIV studies.

You're a respected HIV physician and researcher but becoming co-chair of the World Aids Conference must be a new challenge?

The primary efficacy endpoint is progression to a new WHO HIV stage 4 disease or death.

And it was just three days after I told the headmistress that I was HIV positive that I was sacked.

We do not know exactly how many people with HIV have hep C or which states or cities have the most.

Some studies show that HIV makes hep C destroy the liver faster than it does in people who have hep C alone.

Treating recurrent genital herpes during pregnancy A large number (about 75 %) of women with HIV also have genital herpes.

Whether we believe that HIV or fear is the major co-factor in acquired immunodeficiency, it is a deadly combination.

Blood, semen or vaginal secretions, and human milk from a person with HIV are considered infectious.

We are at a crucial juncture in the HIV epidemic.

But many have lengthy waits to see a doctor and surgeries often employ staff unaware of the specific needs of an HIV positive patient.

The main type of cell that HIV infects is the T helper lymphocyte.

It is also believed that HIV infection itself may cause nutrient malabsorption.

They target HIV because the virus is coated with the sugar mannose, which the bacteria use as a food source.

But without it, cryptococcal meningitis and oral thrush are the painful fates awaiting many people infected with HIV.

Those with HIV are advised to be particularly vigilant.

But whoever started the rumors that HIV status affects your ability to get a mortgage was sadly misinformed.

For 10 years, they infected monkeys, rabbits and mice with HIV, but they never could duplicate AIDS in these species.

Law Lords reject asylum plea A Ugandan asylum seeker who has HIV has lost her legal challenge against deportation.

Standard hygiene precautions are equally effective against HIV infection.

Why are more people living with HIV in the UK starting therapy with a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor?

One report indicates that a simian retrovirus akin to HIV has crossed the species barrier to human hunters.

The main areas of research include rinderpest, peste des petits ruminants, vesicular stomatitis, and HIV.

Time is running out for many who still skulk unwillingly in the shadows of HIV awareness.

Add in your own HIV health needs, and life suddenly becomes a relentless slog through the health and social care system.

We support the millenium development goal of halting the spread of HIV and AIDS, malaria and other major diseases by 2015.

Now patients with HIV can remain stable for many years.

Ignorance about how HIV is transmitted often fuels HIV related stigma.

The program aims to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS and combat stigma.

The last meeting of the North Staffordshire HIV Forum took place at The Herbert Minton Building in stoke on Thursday 9th December.

Unless HIV itself can be slowed down the symptoms of immune suppression will continue to worsen.

About HIV/AIDS AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.

Each week Food Chain volunteers gather at six kitchens to cook and deliver tasty, healthy meals to housebound Londoners affected by HIV.

The Home Office's refusal to provide milk tokens has exposed babies to the very real risk of HIV infection.

The first absolutely unequivocal case of HIV ' superinfection ' was reported at the Retrovirus Conference.

In Edinburgh where over 70% of the HIV patients are IDU related, 7 (4 %) had isolated right ventricular dilation.

My HIV doctor said my facial wasting was simply the result of aging.

They have been used to treat both moderate and severe facial wasting in a small number of people living with HIV.

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Two years ago a contract in a job was not renewed when I told my employer and colleagues that I was HIV positive.

New cases of HIV in the North West are at their highest level since routine monitoring was introduced.

When people first get HIV, they may have flu-like symptoms, called a seroconversion illness.

In the CASCADE study, 1,938 out of 7,680 people with a known HIV seroconversion date had died.

The rate at which HIV disease progresses, or the number of CD4 cells lost, is no greater in smokers than non-smokers.

Last autumn I conducted an anonymous snapshot survey to see how HIV patients in Brighton felt about using their GP.

In some African countries, HIV prevalence appears to have stabilized at a very high level.

Companies will have to adopt new strategies to maintain their HIV presence in the face of such challenges.

When modeling the spread of HIV it is vital to subdivide the population by sexual orientation and drug use.

Alcohol may promote oral HIV transmission Alcohol may enable HIV to be more easily transmitted through oral sex, a new test-tube study suggests.

The Home Office 's refusal to provide milk tokens has exposed babies to the very real risk of HIV infection.

Ocular toxoplasmosis associated with HIV infection is a particular challenge to the ophthalmologist.

The most common antiviral drugs for HIV are reverse transcriptase inhibitors.

Both drugs act by terminating the growth of the DNA chain and inhibiting the reverse transcriptase enzyme of HIV.

Discovering we are HIV positive has been very traumatizing in addition to what we have suffered back home.

Put at its simplest, the health of too many people living with HIV in the UK is being undermined by lack of income.

The man whose HIV antibody status changed also seems to have had a change in his viral load.

George House Trust is the HIV voluntary organization for the North West of England.

Private travel clinics are an alternative, but they are very expensive and may not be well-informed about issues for people with HIV.

Misunderstandings and fears about HIV are still widespread in society.

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Every hour almost 300 children and young adults around the world are infected with HIV.

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) is a retrovirus that is often referred to as the kitty version of HIV.

He or she does this to take advantage of insurance coverage or to keep certain illness, such as HIV, off of his or her record.

Although St. John's wort typically causes only mild side effects, it has been shown to interfere with the absorption of certain prescription medications, including HIV medicine, anticancer drugs, heart medications and birth control pills.

Most notably, The MAC Aids Fund, which raises money through the sale of the Viva Glam line of products, continues to help men, women, and children living with HIV and Aids.

Much like visiting a regular tattoo parlor, the careless use of unsanitary needles can lead to an increased risk of hepatitis, or HIV.

Actupny.org provides a listing of more websites for teen health concerns such as Teenwire (an online magazine run by Planned Parenthood) and links to HIV prevention websites.

In 2005, she began working with the Worldwide Orphans Foundation through the World Health Organization (WHO) toward the betterment of conditions for the children of Ethiopia who have been orphaned by AIDs and/or are HIV positive.

Not only can avoiding smoking, drugs and excessive alcohol improve your sexual performance, but seniors are also still at risk for STDs and HIV, and you should be communicative and take precautions.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), for example, is associated with lymphoma, the hepatitis viruses are associated with liver cancer, HIV is associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, and the bacteria Helicobacter pylori is associated with stomach cancer.

The disease has been linked to a variety of disease agents, including parvovirus B19, HIV infection, measles, influenza viruses, rotaviruses, adenoviruses, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

These specific health issues include infant mortality rates, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection, and immunizations.

In addition to sexual transmission there is an increase in HIV among ethnic groups related to intravenous drug usage.

African Americans with HIV infection are less likely to be on antiretroviral therapy, less likely to receive prophylaxis for Pneumocystis pneumonia, and less likely to be receiving protease inhibitors than other persons with HIV.

For HIV the clinical course as of 2004 is death, even though this process may take years.

Educational programs for illicit IV drug abusers and persons who engage in unprotected sexual intercourse may decrease the incidence of HIV infection.

The course of infection tends to be more serious in children who are immunocompromised, such as those undergoing chemotherapy or those who have a disease that disrupts normal immune response (e.g. human immunodeficiency syndrome [HIV]).

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-A disease associated with infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that attacks the immune system.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-A common human virus causing mild or no symptoms in healthy people, but permanent damage or death to an infected fetus, a transplant patient, or a person with HIV.

A condom is a device, usually made of latex, used to avoid pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, syphilis, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

In the early 2000s, however, condoms are just as important as a device for preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), especially HIV, the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

However, spermicides alone do not kill HIV or other sexually transmitted viruses and do not prevent the spread of HIV and other STDs.

Non-latex condoms do not prevent the spread of STDs, including HIV, and should not be used by gay or bisexual men or men who have HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases.

Another 20 percent said lamb-skin condoms offer better protection against HIV than latex condoms.

It also reduces the risk of many STDs, including HIV.

These problems can lead to pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV.

It is not well known nor publicized, but having a condom break or leak while having sex is not necessarily a health disaster, even if the condom wearer has HIV.

The risk of HIV transmission during vaginal sex between a female and a male who has the virus is low, estimated at one-tenth to one-fifth of a percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Antiretroviral drugs-Several classes of drugs that are used to treat HIV.

In children, if the lymphadenitis is severe or persistent, the doctor may need to rule out mumps, HIV, tumors in the neck region, and congenital cysts that resemble swollen lymph nodes.

The CDC recommends that all children infected with human immunodeficiency disease (HIV) who are asymptomatic should receive an the MMR vaccine at 15 months of age.

Children older than five years do not need vaccination, unless the child or adolescent has a serious health problem that lowers immunity, such as HIV infection, sickle cell disease, or is being treated for cancer.

Live disease-causing bacteria within the bloodstream and tissues may cause complications far from the wound site, including transmission of HIV infection.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-An infectious disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

A person infected with HIV gradually loses immune function, becoming less able to resist other infections and certain cancers.

The condom is the only form of birth control that also protects against sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

However, spermicides do not kill HIV or other sexually transmitted viruses and do not prevent the spread of HIV and other STDs.

These can lead to pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV.

The risk of transfusion (such as transfusion reactions, potential toxins, and infections such as HIV or hepatitis) are carefully weighed against the severity of the anemia in the infant.

Other drugs for treatment of HIV disease are marketed, but there have been neither sufficient studies not clinical experience to recommend their use in children.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus.

Scalp infections with the herpes virus or group B streptococcus are possible, and concern has been raised regarding the potential for enhancing transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Because diseases that compromise the immune system such as HIV infection or sarcoidosis can also result in Bell's palsy, there are geographical variations in the incidence of the disease.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-A transmissible retrovirus that causes AIDS in humans.

Tattoos can lead to the transmission of infectious diseases, such as hepatitis B and C and theoretically HIV, when proper sterilization and safety procedures are not followed.

Individuals who receive coagulation factors prepared from pooled donor blood were once at risk for serious infections that could be passed through the infusion of human blood products, such as the hepatitis virus and HIV.

The epidemic of immmunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), has resulted in a huge increase in the incidence of pneumonia.

The most commonly transmitted diseases are gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital warts, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

In older adolescents, common fears include anxiety about school achievement, social rejection and related worries, and sexual anxieties, including dating and sexually transmitted diseases, especially human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

It is also considered the safest form of sex in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

This may encourage casual sexual relationships that heighten the risk of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a serious, contagious virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

There are often no symptoms of HIV in infants, but within a few months most infants who are infected show signs of opportunistic infections such as failure to thrive, chronic thrush, and persistent diarrhea.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be detected using a blood test and is part of most prenatal screening programs.

Pregnant women with HIV should be treated as early in the pregnancy as possible with zidovudine (AZT).

Infants born with HIV should receive aggressive drug treatment to prevent development of AIDS.

Most of the drugs designed to treat HIV are routinely used during pregnancy because of the mother's health needs and because transmission rate is directly related to the mother's viral load.

Teratogenicity is not fully established for some of the subsequent HIV medications.

For instance, research has shown that delivering a baby by caesarian section over vaginal delivery reduces the risk of transmitting HIV from mother to child.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) by infecting helper T cells of the immune system.

Everybody who has AIDS also has HIV disease, but not everybody with HIV disease is classified by the United States (U.S.) government as having AIDS.

The virus that causes AIDS was discovered in 1983 and named human T-cell lymphotropic virus-type III/lymphadenopathyassociated virus (HTLV-III/LAV) by an international scientific committee who later changed it to HIV.

Many theories as to the origins of HIV and how it appeared in the human population have been suggested.

The majority of scientists believed that HIV originated in other primates and was somehow transmitted to man.

In 1999, an international group reported the discovery of the origins of HIV-1, the predominant strain of HIV in the developed world.

For example, the network of signaling molecules that normally regulates a person's immune response is disrupted during HIV disease, impairing a person's ability to fight other infections.

In the absence of antiretroviral therapy, the median time from HIV infection to the development of AIDS-related symptoms has been approximately 10 to 12 years.

Factors such as age or genetic differences among persons with HIV, the level of virulence of an individual strain of virus, and co-infection with other microbes may influence the rate and severity of disease progression.

Dr. Mark Dybul, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the study author, noted that this approach together with high patient adherence could be a powerful and cost-effective tool in HIV treatment.

Nutrition is definitely a concern for the individual who is HIV infected and even more so for the individual who has progressed to AIDS.

It is important for HIV individuals to supplement their diet with vitamins and minerals as well as protein drinks to maintain their energy.

Women whose HIV infections are detected early and receive appropriate treatment survive as long as infected men.

In an analysis of several studies involving more than 4,500 people with HIV infection, women were one-third more likely than men to die within the study period.

A recent report from a large European registry of HIV-infected children indicated that half of the children with perinatally acquired HIV disease were alive at age nine.

Because no vaccine for HIV is available, the only way to prevent infection by the virus is to avoid behaviors that put a person at risk of infection, such as sharing needles and having unprotected sex.

Although some laboratory evidence shows that spermicides can kill HIV, researchers have not found that these products can prevent a person from getting HIV.

The risk of HIV transmission from a pregnant woman to her baby can be significantly reduced with the use of antiretroviral drugs taken during pregnancy, labor, and delivery and administered to the baby for the first six weeks of life.

In addition, the International Perinatal HIV Group reported in 1999 that elective cesarean section delivery could help reduce vertical transmission of HIV, although it is not without risk to certain women.

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For example, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

As of 2004 HIV is estimated to affect approximately 4.4 million children worldwide.

Treatment of the HIV infection that causes AIDS consists of drugs called antiretrovirals.

In the early 2000s HIV is still a potentially fatal illness, but medications have changed the face of the disease for those who have access to them.

Attempts to immunize children in Indian have met with good results, but Nigeria halted their immunization sites due to rumors that Western donors had tampered with the vaccine to spread HIV and cause sterility in Muslim males.

Other people who might receive these drugs are those that have been immunized after the flu season has started or who are immunocompromised, such as people with advanced HIV disease.

Infection may also occur during oral sex, such as transmission of HSV from an oral lesion to the genitals or vice versa, or transmission of HIV from genital secretions through a cut in the mouth.

For example, with one exposure of unprotected sexual intercourse, a woman has a 1 percent chance of acquiring HIV, a 30 percent chance of acquiring herpes, and 50 percent chance of contracting gonorrhea if her partner is infected.

Among adolescents ages 13 to 19 years infected with HIV, 49 percent are male and 51 percent are female.

Although these epidemiological statistics on AIDS in the United States provide a descriptive overview of the prevalence and patterns of HIV exposure in adolescents, the extent of asymptomatic HIV infection remains largely unknown.

When used consistently and correctly, however, condoms offer the best protection against acquisition of STDs, including HIV.

Motivation to change risk behaviors is another determinant of prevention and affects whether a person acts on his or her knowledge of the transmission and prevention of HIV.

Behavioral skills for engaging in specific prevention behaviors are a third determinant of prevention; it affects whether a knowledgeable, highly motivated person will be able to change his or her behavior to prevent HIV.

Overall, the IMB asserts that information and motivation trigger behavioral skills to affect the initiation and maintenance of HIV prevention behaviors.

As viruses, HSV, HPV, and HIV are treatable but not curable.

The course of HIV infection can be slowed with a number of different kinds of drugs, including reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, and fusion inhibitors.

The prevalence data on STDs, HIV, and AIDS in adolescents indicate that younger women, gay and bisexual teens, and poor, urban and racial/ethnic minority young people have higher rates of STDs and HIV relative to their peers.

Such cognitive-behavioral skills building programs have been shown to be effective in developing skills, delaying the onset of sexual activity, and changing high risk behaviors associated with pregnancy, STDs, and HIV infection.

A second test later in pregnancy may be recommended if the pregnant woman is considered to be at high risk of becoming infected with HIV.

Active TB can be triggered when a person's immune system is weakened, such as from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), malnutrition, or alcohol abuse.

Your doctor may check for other infections, too, including HIV.

They usually offer a wide range of services including birth control, STD and HIV screening and treatment, and pregnancy tests and counseling.

They also must offer preventive care including patient education and counseling; breast and pelvic examinations; screenings for cervical cancer, STD's, and HIV; and pregnancy tests and counseling.

It does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases, though, so you'll still need to use condoms if protection against STDs and HIV is a concern.

Only condoms can protect you against HIV and other STDs.

The pill does not protect you against sexually transmitted diseases or HIV.

Latex condoms also reduce your chances of getting a sexually transmitted disease (STD), including HIV.

While these condoms will help prevent pregnancy, they do not protect against HIV.

In fact, there's some evidence that using them can increase the chance of contracting HIV, because the virus can get in through tiny breaks in the skin.

Birth control pills do not protect you against HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases.

As with any oral contraceptive, Camila does not protect against HIV, AIDS, or other sexually transmitted diseases.

Male condoms are also the most effective contraceptive option for preventing infection from sexually transmitted diseases and HIV.

Moreover, lambskin condoms do not protect against HIV or other STDs.

Vasectomies offer no protection against HIV or sexually transmitted diseases.

According to MayoClinic.com, other conditions may also increase your need for vitamin C, including HIV, infection, and surgical recovery.

Despite her personal problems, she worked tirelessly to bring attention to the problems of the homeless, disabled, children, and those suffering from HIV or full-blown AIDS.

National AIDS Trust - The National Aids Trust works to educate, support and research not only a cure for HIV and AIDs, but also to combat misinformation, distrust and prejudice against those suffering from the disease.

With the onset of the AIDS epidemic, Red Cross became a leader in HIV testing.

In March of 1985, the Red Cross began testing all donated blood with the first FDA approved HIV test.

However at today's American Red Cross and other blood bank donation stations across the country, it is impossible to contract HIV or AIDS through blood donation, as a disposable, non-contaminated needle is used each time.

Free condoms are widely available at pregnancy planning centers and HIV testing centers.

The blog's unique appeal began with the fact that it allowed viewers to follow Robin's internal dialogue as she struggled with love, death, HIV and later her medical profession and love.

You can seriously injure someone or infect them with staph, hepatitis or HIV with one of these machines if you haven't been properly trained to use it, so leave it to the professionals.

Used needles can carry HIV, hepatitis, and other serious diseases.

This is why tattoos carry a risk of blood-borne diseases, including HIV and hepatitis.

Yes, sometimes fear of the possible pain is a big factor, as well as the fear of contracting HIV or hepatitis C from improperly sterilized equipment.

In fact, people with some pre-existing conditions such as heart disease, emphysema, diabetes, or HIV may not qualify for these plans at all.

What happened, of course, was fighting, romance and dealing with a long list of difficult issues from HIV to racism, addiction and beyond.

Since this was prior to the isolation of the HIV virus, the blood supply wasn't screened, and it was during this surgery, it is thought, that he acquired HIV.

A similar ascertainment bias appears to be present in the exclusive focus on HIV.

Some of the population grew complacent about the risk of HIV.

Benefit cuts have already had dire consequences for large numbers of people with HIV.

The husband or male partner has an incurable sexually transmitted disease such as HIV.

The video enforces the message that young, sexually active people with STIs are ten times more likely to contract HIV.

Wirral started offering antenatal HIV screening in January 2001, in line with national policy.

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The body fluids which contain enough HIV to infect someone are blood, semen, vaginal fluids including menstrual blood, and breast milk.

Millions of people are already HIV positive and many of them have developed full-blown AIDS.

He spoke up for people with HIV, not always to other people's liking.