December 2011

Case of thrush and weakness after pregnancy

AIDS continues to be one of the infectious pandemics of our time. Pneumocystis pneumonia or today known as Pneumocystis Jeroveci is considered a deleterious infection in AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) patients. Here we present a patient with oral candidiasis, respiratory distress suspicious of PCP (Pneumocystisis carinii pneumonia), without any known risk factors for acquiring HIV who responded to PCP...

Author(s): Cheraghvandi A., Tafti S. F., Talischi F. and Tabarsi P

December 2011

Modelling of HIV/AIDS in Iran up to 2014

Using estimation-projection package (EPP) and spectrum, the model was developed based on different data sources. Four scenarios were introduced, including minimum and maximum estimations, plus most realistic scenario. In the fourth scenario (R2), data of studies with adequate quality were applied. The objective of the study is to estimate and project HIV/AIDS in Iran up to 2014. Based on the main scenario R2, the...

Author(s): Haghdoost, Ali Akbar, Mostafavi, Ehsan, Mirzazadeh, Ali, Navadeh, Soodabeh, Feizzadeh, Ali, Fahimfar, Nooshin, Kamali, Kianoosh, Namdari, Hengameh, Sedaghat, Abbas, Gooya, Mohammad Mehdi, Sajadi, Leily, Farzaneh, zolala and Nasirian, Maryam

December 2011

Evaluation of depression and anxiety on HIV/AIDS in-patient

Since its discovery, the expansion of HIV/AIDS epidemic has been considered an issue of great concern. Even along the advances in treatment and the increase in life expectancy of patients, there are still several implications involved in the infection and its evolutionary process which need deeper studies. One of these implications is the combination between the impact of the disease and the mental disorders. The...

Author(s): Cláudio Garcia Capitão, Itor Finotelli Jr. and Cristiane Santos de Macena