Browsing by Subject "HIV infection"

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  • Blood group antigens C, lub and P1 may have a role in HIV infection in Africans 

    Motswaledi, Modisa Sekhamo; Kasvosve, Ishmael; Oguntibeju, Oluwafemi Omoniyi (Public Library of Science,www.plos.org/, 2016-02-22)
    Background Botswana is among the world’s countries with the highest rates of HIV infection. It is not known whether or not this susceptibility to infection is due to genetic factors in the population. Accumulating evidence, ...

  • Exploring the needs of men who have sex with men (MSM) in HIV services in Gaborone city and selected surrounding villages in Botswana 

    Mokgwathi, Simon (University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2019-12)
    There is reliable evidence that men who have sex with men (MSM) are at an increased risk of HIV infection compared to other men of reproductive age. However, there is limited data on the proportion of MSM reached by HIV ...

  • HIV infection and survival among women with cervical cancer 

    Drysen-Peterson, Scott; Bvochora-Nsingo, Memory; Suneja, Gita; Efstathiou, Jason, A.; Grover, Surbhi; Chiyapo, Sebathu; Ramogola-Masire, Doreen; Kebabonye-Pusoentsi, Malebogo; Clayman, Rebecca; Mapes, Abigail, C.; Tapela, Neo; Asmelash, Aida; Medhin, Heluf; Viswanathan, Akila, N.; Russell, Anthony H.; Lin, Lilie, L.; Kayembe, Mukendi K.A.; Mmalane, Mompati; Randall, Thomas C.; Chabner, Bruce; Lockman, Shahin (American Society of Clinical Oncology, https://beta.asco.org/, 2016-08-29)
    Purpose Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among the 20 million women with HIV worldwide. We sought to determine whether HIV infection affected survival in women with invasive cervical cancer. Patients ...

  • HIV infection: its impact on patients with appendicitis in Botswana 

    Bedada, Alemayehu Ginbo; Hsiao, Marvin; Azzie, Georges (Springer, https://www.springer.com/gp, 2019-06-11)
    Background: To compare the presentation, management, and outcome of HIV-positive patients with appendicitis to those of HIV-negative patients with appendicitis. Summary Background Data: The literature is limited regarding ...

  • Impediments for the uptake of the Botswana Government’s male circumcision initiative for HIV prevention 

    Sabone, Motshedisi; Magowe, Mabel; Busang, Lesego; Moalosi, Jonathan; Binagwa, Benjamin; Mwambona, Janet (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, https://www.hindawi.com/, 2013)
    Botswana remains one of the countries with high prevalence of HIV infection with a population prevalence rate of 17.6 in 2008. In 2009, the Ministry of Health launched male circumcision as an additional strategy to the ...

  • Perianal malignant nodular hidradenoma in HIV infected pregnant patient 

    Bedada, Alemayehu Ginbo; Georges, Azzie; Alemayehu Bekele, Eshetu (Health and Medical Publishing Group, https://publons.com/publisher/2123/health-and-medical-publishing-group, 2018-06)
    Malignant nodular hidradenoma (MNH) is a rare invasive tumour arising from eccrine sweat glands, with significant risk for local recurrence and distant metastases. Hidradenoma papilliferum is reported in pregnancy. To our ...

  • Pneumatosis intestinalis in HIV patient with gastric outlet obstruction 

    Bedada, A.G.; Georges, A.; Sheikh, S.; Kayembe, M.A.; Hsiao, M. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, https://publons.com/publisher/2123/health-and-medical-publishing-group, 2018-09)
    Summary: We report the case of a 39-year-old HIV positive female with gastric outlet obstruction. At laparotomy, she had extensive pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) of the ileum. This incidental finding of extensive PI in an ...

  • The role of red blood cells in enhancing or preventing HIV and other diseases 

    Motswaledi, Modisa S.; Kasvosve, Ishmael; Oguntibeju, Oluwafemi O. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hihttpsndawi_Publishing_Corporation, 2013-10-10)
    To highlight the apparently neglected role of erythrocyte antigens in the epidemiology of infectious diseases, especially HIV, with the prime objective of stimulating research in this area. Method. A literature search was ...

  • Safety and efficacy of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in HIV-associated Kaposi’s sarcoma 

    Cainelli, F.; Vallone, A. (Dove Medical Press Ltd. http://www.dovepress.com/biologics-targets--therapy-journal, 2009)
    Kaposi’s sarcoma is a vascular tumor linked to the presence of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (human herpesvirus-8) and the incidence of which has increased considerably the world over after the onset of the ...