Results: 4

Maternal mental health and caregiver competence of HIV-positive and negative women caring for their singleton newborns in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

S. Afr. med. j; 112 (7), 2022
Background. Maternal mental health during the perinatal period has been of interest to many researchers, with antenatal depression and postnatal depression (PND) being a leading cause of morbidity. The adverse effects of maternal depression on the offspring throughout infancy, childhood and adolescence a...

Quantifying the relationship of HIV infection with clinicopathological spectrum and outcome among patients with colorectal cancer in a South African population

Introduction: Literature is limited on HIV and colorectal cancer (CRC) in sub-Saharan Africa despite it being the epicentre of the HIV epidemic, Purpose: To compare clinicopathological features and outcome of CRC in HIV-negative and HIV-positive patients. Methods: Retrospective analysis of a prospective ...

Manifestations cardiovasculaires au cours de l’infection à VIH à Libreville: étude comparative de patients séropositifs et séronégatifs
Cardiovascular Manifestations during HIV infection in Libreville: Comparative study of seropositive and seronegative patients

Introduction. Le spectre des atteintes cardiovasculaires au cours de l’infection à VIH a été modifi é par la trithérapie antirétrovirale. L’objectif de ce travail était de décrire le profi l des manifestations cardiovasculaires chez les patients vivants avec le VIH en le comparant à celui de...

High prevalence of symptomatic acute HIV infection in an outpatient ward in southern Mozambique: identification and follow-up

AIDS (Lond.); 24 (4), 2010
To determine the prevalence of acute HIV infection (AHI) within the HIV-seronegative adult population presenting with reported fever in a district hospital in southern Mozambique and evaluate clinical, immunological and virological parameters of AHI. Design: This is a prospective observational study. ...