Title |
The prevalence of opportunistic infections and malignancies in autopsied patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Japan
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-14-229 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Harutaka Katano, Tsunekazu Hishima, Makoto Mochizuki, Yoshinori Kodama, Naoki Oyaizu, Yasunori Ota, Sohtaro Mine, Toru Igari, Atsushi Ajisawa, Katsuji Teruya, Junko Tanuma, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Tomoko Uehira, Takuma Shirasaka, Tomohiko Koibuchi, Aikichi Iwamoto, Shinichi Oka, Hideki Hasegawa, Seiji Okada, Akira Yasuoka |
Abstract |
Opportunistic infections and malignancies such as malignant lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma are significant complications of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. However, following the introduction of antiretroviral therapy in Japan in 1997, the incidence of clinical complications has decreased. In the present study, autopsy cases of HIV infection in Japan were retrospectively investigated to reveal the prevalence of opportunistic infections and malignancies. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 22% |
Japan | 1 | 11% |
Unknown | 6 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 9 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Japan | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 60 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 8 | 13% |
Student > Master | 7 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 10% |
Other | 5 | 8% |
Student > Bachelor | 5 | 8% |
Other | 15 | 25% |
Unknown | 15 | 25% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 41% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 7% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 2% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 2% |
Other | 5 | 8% |
Unknown | 20 | 33% |