Disseminated Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in a Patient with AIDS by Roger M Sandre, Richard C Summerbell

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Clostridium difficile – an Important Opportunistic Pathogen in Healthcare-Associated Infections by Soohyoun Ahn, Amarat H. Simonne

“… Opportunistic pathogens are significant health threats to vulnerable people with weakened immune systems, such as people with HIV/AIDS or those on immune-suppressing therapies. …”
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Remark on the Paper by Rao And Kakehashi (2005) by Saralees Nadarajah

“…The paper by Rao and Kakehashi [1]uses the Weibull distribution (given by equation (3) in the paper)and a truncated version of it (given by equations (4) and (5))to model HIV/AIDS data in India.After a careful reading, I have found that all of the results presentedin the appendix are incorrect (starting with equation (11) itself).Instead of pointing out all of the specific errors, I have chosen to give the correct formulas (and a brief outline of their derivation)for the $r$th moment of the truncated Weibull distribution.…”
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Clostridium difficile – an Important Opportunistic Pathogen in Healthcare-Associated Infections by Soohyoun Ahn, Amarat H. Simonne

“… Opportunistic pathogens are significant health threats to vulnerable people with weakened immune systems, such as people with HIV/AIDS or those on immune-suppressing therapies. …”
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Preface by Pieter Verster

“…The aim of the Conference was to engage in academic discussion on the way and means to be involved in the serious challenges posed by poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. From different perspectives solutions were sought and possible biblical, theological and developmental suggestions to get involved and to bring hope were discussed. …”
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Exploring health outcome disparities in African regional economics communities: a multilevel linear mixed-effect analysis by Ariane Ephemia Ndzignat Mouteyica, Nicholas Ngepah

“…Results The findings show that higher unemployment rates and HIV incidence exacerbate these disparities, while a growing elderly population and improved access to basic drinking water can mitigate them. …”
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Tuberculosis treatment outcomes and associated factors among patients treated at Bosaso TB Hospital, Bosaso, Somalia: A five-year retrospective study. by Saaid Said Jama, Mohamed Mohamud Abdi

“…Therefore, we recommend strengthening the TB care system, conducting regular supportive supervision for TB facilities, implementing strategies to encourage drug adherence, strengthening mechanisms to minimize the anti-TB treatment default rate, improving counseling services, and giving more attention to the vulnerable age groups and HIV-positive patients.…”
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Acceptability of digital vending machines to improve access to sexual and reproductive health in Brighton, UK: a qualitative analysis by Jaime H Vera, Richard Cooper, Syra Dhillon, John Mear, Gillian Louise Dean, Rhys D Wenlock

“…There were initial issues with restocking and machine hardwiring.Conclusions VMs to distribute HIV and STI testing kits is acceptable to service users and stakeholders. …”
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Pretreatment attrition after rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis diagnosis with Xpert MTB/RIF or ultra in high TB burden countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tom Decroo, Palmer Masumbe Netongo, Tinne Gils, Christelle Geneviève Jouego

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Incidence and Predictors of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Children Who Received Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), Northwest Ethiopia: A Multicenter Historical Cohorts Study 2009–2019 by Fassikaw Kebede, Habtamu Tarekegn, Mulugeta Molla, Dube Jara, Abebe Abate

“…The human immune deficiency virus (HIV) is the strongest risk factor for endogenous reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) through target reduction of CD4, T-lymphocytes, and cellular immune function. …”
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Disorders of Adipose Tissue and Lipodystrophies: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Perspectives by Rosińska Kamila Rosińska, Ewelina Justyna Janicka, Julia Natalia Skibicka, Monika Niedźwiedzka, Mateusz Rosiński

“…Special focus is placed on HIV-associated lipodystrophy due to the prevalence of antiretroviral therapy. …”
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Analysis of the 2016 – 2025 fiscal budget of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Nana LIU, Lieyu HUANG, Yuan DANG, Zekai YU, Qianqiu LIU, Yan GUO

“…From 2016 to 2025, the allocation of basic funds/project budgets mainly focused on areas such as "HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention," "Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion," and "Immunization and Respiratory Diseases," all accounting for more than 10% of the total budget. …”
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Epidemiology and Control of diabetes - tuberculosis comorbidity in Eswatini: protocol for the prospective study of tuberculosis patients on predictive factors, treatment outcomes a... by Diederick E Grobbee, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Kennedy Otwombe, Victor Williams, Alinda Vos

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Bee Venom—A Potential Complementary Medicine Candidate for SARS-CoV-2 Infections by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Simon Peter, Musinguzi

“…That BV shows efficacy for HIV and H1NI offers opportunity as a candidate for complementary therapy for protection against SARS-CoV-2.…”
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A Novel Case of Symptomatic BK Viraemia in a Patient Undergoing Treatment for Hodgkin Lymphoma by Jacinta Perram, Jane Estell

“…Symptomatic BK viral infection in the immunocompromised host is well described, most commonly seen in renal transplant recipients, bone marrow transplant recipients, and HIV positive patients. The present case describes a novel clinical scenario of symptomatic urological BK virus infection in a patient receiving treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma. …”
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A note for the global stability of a delay differential equation of hepatitis B virus infection by Bao-Zhu Guo, Li-Ming Cai

“…The global stability for a delayed HIV-1 infection model isinvestigated. It is shown that the global dynamics of the systemcan be completely determined by the reproduction number, and thechronic infected equilibrium of the system is globallyasymptotically stable whenever it exists. …”
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Cryptococcal Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with a Ventriculo-Pleural Shunt by Raynieri Fernandez, Jose Henao, Catherine Creticos

“…It is an opportunistic infection seen in patients with impaired cell immunity, most frequently in HIV patients and solid organ transplant recipients; however, it can occur in patients with no apparent immunodeficiency. …”
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Evaluation of Oral Cannabinoid-Containing Medications for the Management of Interferon and Ribavirin-Induced Anorexia, Nausea and Weight Loss in Patients Treated for Chronic Hepati... by Cecilia T Costiniuk, Edward Mills, Curtis L Cooper

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An Analytical Study on Two High-Order Hybrid Methods to Solve Systems of Nonlinear Equations by Hooman Darvishi, M. T. Darvishi

“…These systems arise from an HIV spreading model and an SIR model of an epidemic which formulates the spread of a nonfatal disease in a certain population. …”
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Lipopolysaccharide Increases Immune Activation and Alters T Cell Homeostasis in SHIVB’WHU Chronically Infected Chinese Rhesus Macaque by Gao-Hong Zhang, Run-Dong Wu, Hong-Yi Zheng, Xiao-Liang Zhang, Ming-Xu Zhang, Ren-Rong Tian, Guang-Ming Liu, Wei Pang, Yong-Tang Zheng

“…Immune activation plays a significant role in the disease progression of HIV. Microbial products, especially bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), contribute to immune activation. …”
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