Journal of
AIDS and HIV Research

  • Abbreviation: J. AIDS HIV Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2359
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAHR
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 296

Table of Content: January, 2015; 7(1)

January 2015

Predictors of lost to follow up to antiretroviral therapy in primary public hospital of Wukro, Tigray, Ethiopia: A case control study

In spite of the well proven benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in prolonging life expectancy, being lost to ART follow-up is a problem to the success of antiretroviral therapy programs in resource limited countries including Ethiopia. Thus the aim of the study was to assess the magnitude and predictors of loss to follow-up among adult ART clients. A case-control study design was employed using patients’...

Author(s): Mehari Dessalegn, Mache Tsadik and Hailemariam Lemma

January 2015

Higher prevalence of Hepatitis B virus Infection among ARV- exposed than naive HIV-infected individuals in North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection with HIV is becoming a major challenge in developing countries, including Ethiopia. The problem has not received adequate attention by researchers since the introduction of antiretroviral treatment. This study aims to determine the magnitude of coinfection and identify factors associated with it between ARV-exposed and ARV- naive individuals. Comparative cross-sectional study was...

Author(s): Yared Hailaye Bezabeh Muluken Dessalegn Muluneh, Solomon Gebere Sillasie and Helmut Kloos