Efficacy of isoniazid prophylactic therapy in prevention of tuberculosis in children: a meta-analysis

Children are highly susceptible to tuberculosis; thus, there is need for safe and effective preventive interventions.

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Mechanism of dengue virus entry into cells uncovered by research

Despite its heavy toll, the prevention and clinical treatment of dengue infection has been a "dramatic failure in public health compared to other infectious diseases like HIV," said an author of a new article.

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To curb rising HIV rates, we must target our human flaws

... reason is human behaviour. Optimism began to creep in when life-saving anti-retroviral therapies (ART) transformed HIV/AIDS from a certain death sentence into a manageable, if medically complex, chronic condition from the mid-1990s. Today's global ...

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Unusual antibodies in cows suggest new ways to make medicines for people

Humans have been raising cows for their meat, hides and milk for millennia. Now it appears that the cow immune system also has something to offer.

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Sex education: Does it help or hurt a student?

... book signing at my alma mater, Lincoln University (Missouri), a student walked up to me after a speech I'd given on HIV/AIDS testing and my volunteer work with a Chicago organization called BEHIV (Better Existence for HIV). He told me he was ...

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Malnutrition decreases effectiveness of HIV treatment in pregnant African women

In Uganda the prescription of three antiretroviral drugs, which aim to suppress the virus to prevent disease progression, have resulted in huge reductions in HIV mortality rates.

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How therapy-induced resistance to 'NNRTI' HIV drugs works

For the more than one million people with HIV/AIDS in the United States , antiretroviral drugs such as efavirenz and other so-called non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors in combination with other antiretrovirals can be a lifeline, because they slow the progress of viral infection, prolonging life.

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