Background: Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a public health problem and major development crisis that affects all sectors. In 2013, an estimated 35.2 million people were living with HIV worldwide and 3.5 million of these were childr...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2016/23981
The alarming global incidence of HIV/AIDS epidemic prompted this research undertaking to explore several health indicators that lead to and mediate reported HIV/AIDS mortality. A number of studies attempted to explore and give light to the epidemic incidence, however, the underst...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2016/25609
Recurrent miscarriage occurs in 1–3% of couples aiming at childbirth. It continues to be a challenging reproductive problem for the patient and clinician. Therefore, identifying a cytogenetic cause for a miscarriage may be of great significance for the management of recurrent mis...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2016/23441
Sexually transmitted infections are responsible for a variety of health problems, and can have serious consequences on reproductive health of the adolescents and young adults. Thus this study was designed retrospectively to explore the pattern and management of sexually transmitt...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/18911
Objectives: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of Immunochromatographic device in comparison with Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbrent Assay. Materials and Methods: It was a descriptive comparative study certified by Ethical Review Board of Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore....
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/21756
Vaginal microbiocinosis in 47 women with infertility and parasite invasion and 35 women with infertility without parasite invasion was investigated. In women with primary infertility, ascariasis was found in 48% of examined patients, Mycoplasma hominis was often revealed together...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/20425
Aims: To explore attitudes towards HIV testing in the United Kingdom (UK) from the public and healthcare practitioners (HCP) to more fully understand the barriers and motivators towards testing. Methodology: Electronic databases Pubmed, Web of Science, OVID Medline and Google wer...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/18724
Background: Syphilis continues to be a persistent public health challenge and gaining renewed attention against the back drop of HIV pandemic especially in the less developed high HIV stricken countries like Uganda. This study enrolled 150 HIV infected individuals. The objective...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/18965
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has become in recent years a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with HIV who are co-infected with HBV/HCV. The aim of this review is to describe the peculiarities of HCC occurring in this highly demanding scenario, covering all top...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/17781
Background: Genital infections are increasing. So more women are likely to have sequelae, which sometimes leads to hysterectomy. Continuous research is essential to prevent sequelae and morbidities related to therapy for sequelae. Objective: Present study was done to find out tre...
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Research Article10.9734/ISRR/2015/13106