August 2014

Antiretroviral therapy and genetic predisposition: Cofactors contributing to the lipodystrophy syndrome

The TNF-α-238G/A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) independently increases the risk of lipodystrophy progression. The current study evaluates the contribution of the different antiretroviral treatments (ART) regimens administered to HIV infected individuals in Pune to the development of lipodystrophy and insulin resistance in patients having TNF-α-238G/A polymorphism. A total of 172 HIV-1 infected...

Author(s): Supriya D. Mahajan, Srikanth Tripathy, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Asmita Gaikwad, Jyoti Pawar, Manisha Ghate, Ramesh Paranjape and R. R. Gangakhedkar  

August 2014

Magnitude of pulmonary tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus co-infections among patients who had sputum examination at Minjar Health Center in Eastern Ethiopia: A retrospective study

Tubercle bacilli infection is a considerable medical and public health problems in Ethiopia. The disease burden is exacerbated if tuberculosis infected individuals are co-infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The aim of this study was to determine the magnitude of pulmonary tuberculosis-human immunodeficiency virus co-infections among clinically suspected tuberculosis patients who examined sputum at the...

Author(s): Tadesse Hailu, Wondemagegn Mulu, Mulat Yimer and Bayeh Abera