• Whether people with HIV are at greater risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection is currently unknown. (hiv.gov)
  • All adults and adolescents should get the COVID-19 vaccine regardless of their CD4 count or HIV viral load. (hiv.gov)
  • Unfortunately, young women in high-prevalence areas of the world, such as sub-Saharan Africa, continue to remain at high risk for HIV with 26% of new infections occurring in women aged 15-24 years despite this age group making up only 10% of the population. (medscape.com)
  • 67% of all people living with HIV worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa, and 91% of all new infections among children occur there. (medscape.com)
  • For the treatment of urogenital chlamydial infections in adults and adolescents, the CDC and some clinicians recommend a single dose of oral azithromycin or a 7-day regimen of oral doxycycline. (antiinfectivemeds.com)
  • Alternatively, adults and adolescents with urogenital chlamydial infections can receive a 7-day oral regimen of erythromycin base, erythromycin ethylsuccinate, ofloxacin, or levofloxacin. (antiinfectivemeds.com)
  • Updated information on adverse events and contraindications, particularly for persons with severe HIV infection, persons with a history of egg allergy or gelatin allergy, persons with a history of thrombocytopenia, and persons receiving steroid therapy. (cdc.gov)
  • New HIV infection rates are declining globally as a result of efforts to strengthen HIV prevention and treatment programs. (medscape.com)
  • We found that EBV, which transforms B cells, renders them susceptible to HIV-1 infection in a CXCR4 and CD4-dependent manner in vitro and that CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 integrates into the genome of these B cells with the same molecular profile as in autologous CD4+ T cells. (hku.hk)
  • The risk for psychiatric and neurocognitive disorders among middle-aged and older individuals with HIV infection has not been well characterized. (yale.edu)
  • Chan, GCF Abstract: BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) has a higher incidence in children than adults due to high rate of Epstein-Barr virus seronegativity. (hku.hk)
  • The risk for death from measles or its complications is greater for infants, young children, and adults than for older children and adolescents. (cdc.gov)
  • Delivering HIV test results and messages for re-testing and counselling in adults. (who.int)
  • Worse outcomes for patients with HIV and COVID-19, including high COVID-19 mortality rates, have been reported in cohort studies from the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. (hiv.gov)
  • Differences in health-related quality of life between HIV-positive and HIV-negative people in Zambia and South Africa: a cross-sectional baseline survey of the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial. (ox.ac.uk)
  • We aimed to compare HRQoL between HIV-positive and HIV-negative people in Zambia and South Africa. (ox.ac.uk)
  • 4128 (21%) of these 19 330 respondents in Zambia and 4012 (22%) of 18 004 respondents in South Africa had laboratory-confirmed HIV. (ox.ac.uk)
  • HIV simple/rapid assays : operational characteristics (Phase I). Report 12: Simple rapid tests, whole blood specimens. (who.int)
  • HIV assays : operational characteristics (Phase 1). (who.int)
  • HIV assays : operational characteristics. (who.int)
  • BACKGROUND: The life expectancy of HIV-positive individuals receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) is approaching that of HIV-negative people. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Although data from cohorts in the United States have not shown an increased risk of preterm birth with combination therapy, a European collaborative study showed an increased risk of preterm labor in women infected with HIV who were taking combination antiretroviral therapy, with an odds ratio for preterm birth of 1.8 for combination therapy without a protease inhibitor and 2.6 for combination therapy that included a protease inhibitor. (medscape.com)
  • In a US study of pregnant women infected with HIV, the overall rate of adverse pregnancy outcome, including prematurity, low birth weight, stillbirth, and abnormal Apgar scores, was similar in women who received antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy and those who did not. (medscape.com)
  • 200 cells/mm 3 , a history of an AIDS-defining illness without immune reconstitution, or clinical manifestations of symptomatic HIV. (hiv.gov)
  • Early in the AIDS epidemic, women rarely received a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS, but by 2005, women represented 27% of the estimated 45,669 new diagnoses of HIV/AIDS, with the greatest rise among young women. (medscape.com)
  • Of women with AIDS, 71% were diagnosed between the ages of 25 and 44, implying that many of them may have been infected as adolescents. (medscape.com)
  • Women of color account for 80% of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV/AIDS Diagnostic and Laboratory Support. (who.int)
  • Münz, C Abstract: HIV and EBV are human pathogens that cause a considerable burden to worldwide health. (hku.hk)
  • WHO recommendations on the management of diarrhoea and pneumonia in HIV-infected infants and children: integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI). (who.int)
  • [ 4 ] Unfortunately, it has been reported that 30% of pregnant women are not tested for HIV during pregnancy, and another 15-20% receive no or minimal prenatal care, thereby allowing for potential newborn transmission. (medscape.com)
  • These findings highlight the importance of improving awareness of HIV status and expanding ART to prevent losses in HRQoL that occur with untreated HIV progression. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Hospital admission in children and adolescents with COVID-19. (jamanetwork.com)
  • The risk of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding is as high as 25-30% in the absence of treatment. (medscape.com)
  • Despite increasing HIV prevalence, that figure now stands at approximately 300 infants per year. (medscape.com)
  • How Common is Long COVID in Children and Adolescents? (ooir.org)
  • Before the current treatment era, approximately 2000 babies were infected with HIV each year in the United States alone. (medscape.com)
  • 1-10 HIV was independently associated with an increased risk of severe and critical COVID-19 in a large trial from the World Health Organization's Global Clinical Platform, which included data from 24 countries. (hiv.gov)
  • Data are emerging on the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in people with HIV. (hiv.gov)
  • Furthermore, the rate of HIV diagnosis is 15 times higher in African American women compared with white women. (medscape.com)
  • This increased risk was observed even in patients who had achieved virologic suppression of HIV. (hiv.gov)
  • The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends immunizing people with HIV similarly to the general population, with a few key exceptions. (hiv.gov)
  • People with advanced or untreated HIV are considered moderately or severely immunocompromised. (hiv.gov)
  • p=0·001) than in HIV-negative people, but the magnitudes of difference were small. (ox.ac.uk)
  • 64% of all people living with HIV worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa. (medscape.com)
  • Adolescent Health The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of adolescents. (bvsalud.org)
  • The reduction in mother-to-infant transmission of HIV is regarded as one of the most effective US public health initiatives. (medscape.com)
  • Dept. of Child and Adolescent Health and Development. (who.int)
  • INTERPRETATION: ART is successful in helping to reduce inequalities in HRQoL between HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals in this general population sample. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Psychiatric and neurocognitive disorders among HIV-positive and negative veterans in care: Veterans Aging Cohort Five-Site Study. (yale.edu)
  • The respective mice that reconstitute human immune system components upon transplantation with CD34+ human hematopoietic progenitor cells could recapitulate aspects of EBV and HIV immunobiology observed in dual-infected patients. (hku.hk)
  • Upon coinfection of humanized mice, EBV/HIV dual-infected B cells could be detected, but were susceptible to CD8+ T-cell-mediated immune control. (hku.hk)