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Prevalence of hepatitis B in people living with HIV/AIDS in Latin America and t...

Influência da infecção pregressa pelo vírus da hepatite B na fibrose hepática e...

Expectoration of large bronchial casts secondary to the treatment of chronic he...

Expectoration of large bronchial casts secondary to the treatment of chronic he...

Guidelines on management of human infection with the novel virus influenza A (H...

The pandemic novel influenza A (H1N1) infection was considered widespread in Brazil on July, 2009. Since then, 9.249 cases were confirmed in Brazil, most of them concentrated in São Paulo. The Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo is a reference center for H1N1 cases in São Paulo. The purpose of this review is to analyze the evidence concerning diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of novel influe...

Epidemiology of human infection with the novel virus influenza A (H1H1) in the ...

The pandemic novel influenza A (H1N1) infection was considered widespread in Brazil on July 16, 2009. Since then, 46,810 cases of acute respiratory syndrome have been reported in Brazil, most of them concentrated in São Paulo. Through September 16, we have confirmed 9,249 cases of novel influenza A H1N1in Brazil, including 699 deaths. The mortality rate observed in Brazil is 0.47/100,000 inhabitants and varies ...

Hepatitis C virus detection in the semen of infected patients

Clinical and histological characteristics of HIV and hepatitis C virus-co-infec...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important factor contributing to morbidity and mortality in patients co-infected with HIV and HCV. In addition, liver biopsy is an important tool in the clinical management of these patients. Although liver biopsy is controversial, it is recommended for all patients. Data regarding the clinical and histological characteristics of these patients are scarce not only in Brazil but in ...

Hepatitis C treatment: shorter and better?

Clinical laboratory assessment of hepatitis C and HIV coinfected patients accor...

During the year of 2001, a retrospective, descriptive study in order to determine the influence of the antiretroviral therapy received by 111 HIV-HCV coinfected patients who had undergone at least one liver biopsy was conduced, 74 of them were treated with a protease inhibitor regimen (WPI), and 37 with a non-protease inhibitor regimen (NPI). The main characteristics found were: a young patient population (mean...