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Virologic and immunologic effectiveness at 48 weeks of darunavir-ritonavir- bas...
Biscione, Fernando Martín; Westin, Mateus Rodrigues; Ribeiro, Karina Mota; Estevam, Denize Lotufo; Cardoso, Sandra Wagner; Tenore, Simone BarrosMade available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T18:59:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-01-01; Introduction: Published data addressing the effectiveness of darunavirritonavir (DRV/r)-based therapy for multiexperienced patients in developing countries are scarce. This study evaluated the 48-week virologic and immunologic effectiveness of salvage therapy based on DRV/r for the treatment of multidru...
Prevalence and reasons for refusal to participate in clinical research.
Guimarães, Nathalia Sernizon; Greco, Dirceu Bartolomeu; Fausto, Maria Arlene; Kakehasi, Adriana Maria; Guimarães, Milena Maria Moreira; Tupinambás, UnaíAs informações fornecidas sobre prevalência e os motivos da recusa de voluntários a participar em pesquisa científica são escassas. Este artigo objetiva descrever esses dados em coorte voltada a avaliar morbimortalidade de pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS (PVHA), a partir de estudo transversal realizado no Centro de Treinamento e Referência em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias. Foram obtidas as informações: origem...
Risk factors associated with HIV infection among male homosexuals and bisexuals...
Silva, Ana Paula; Greco, Marília; Fausto, Maria Arlene; Greco, Dirceu Bartolomeu; Carneiro, MariângelaBackground: There has recently been an increase in HIV infection rates among men who have sex with men (MSM). This study aimed at investigating risk factors associated with incident HIV infection in a MSM cohort–Project Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methodology: This is a nested case-control study in an ongoing open cohort of homosexual and bisexual men, carried out in 1994–2010, during which...
Diferenças nas situações de risco para HIV de homens bissexuais em suas relaçõe...
Greco, Marília Josefina; Silva, Ana Paula; Hamann, Edgar Merchán; Jeronymo, Mauro Lúcio; Andrade, Júlio César; Greco, Dirceu BartolomeuOBJETIVO: Descrever o comportamento bissexual masculino quanto à identidade sexual, uso de preservativo, freqüência de relações sexuais e tipos de parceria e verificar diferenças entre práticas protegidas nas suas relações com homens e mulheres. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal aninhado em coorte de homossexuais e bissexuais HIV negativos implantada em 1994 em Belo Horizonte (Projeto Horizonte). Dos 1.025 voluntário...
Analysis of correlation between cerebrospinal fluid and plasma HIV-1 RNA levels...
Christo, Paulo Pereira; Greco, Dirceu Bartolomeu; Aleixo, Agdemir Waleria; Livramento, Jose AntónioThe question of whether HIV-1 RNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is derived from viral replication in the central nervous system or simply reflects the transit of infected lymphocytes from the blood compartment has long been a matter of debate. Some studies found no correlation between CSF and plasma viral load, whereas others did. The lack of a correlation between the two compartments suggests that the presence ...
Questing one Brazilian query: reporting 16 cases of Q fever from Minas Gerais, ...
Costa, Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves da; Brigatte, Marco Emilio; Greco, Dirceu BartolomeuQ fever has been considered non-existing in Brazil where reports of clinical cases still cannot be found. This case-series of 16 patients is a result of a systematic search for such illness by means of clinical and serologic criteria. Serologic testing was performed by the indirect microimmunofluorescence technique using phase I/II C. burnetii antigens. Influenza-like syndrome was the most frequent clinical for...
Caracterização da forma inaparente da fase inicial da esquistossomose mansoni
Rocha, Manoel Otávio da Costa; Pedroso, Enio Roberto Pietra; Neves, Jayme; Rocha, Roberto Sena; Greco, Dirceu Bartolomeu; Lambertucci, José RobertoIn this paper the history of 115 recruits that had bathed simultaneously in streams contaminated with Schistosoma mansoni, during military maneuvers, is reported. Thirty four of the infected patients presented the initial phase of the infection diagnosed through epidemiologic, clinical and laboratorial parameters. Three out of the 34 patients did not reveal the clinical picture of the infection, thus being cons...