5 Being Outsiders: The "HIV-Negative" Identity

Der Einsatz und Erfolg der kombinierten antiretroviralen Therapie hat dazu geführt, dass heterosexuelle sowie vertikale HIV-Transmissionen nur noch selten vorkommen. HIV-infizierte Frauen werden immer häufiger schwanger und können durch präventive Maßnahmen, v. a. in den industrialisierten Ländern, HIV-negative gesunde Kinder gebären. Im nachfolgenden Artikel gehen wir auf die Bedeutung einer HIV-Infektion und auf die wichtigsten diagnostischen sowie therapeutischen Aspekte in der Schwangerschaft ein.

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Effectiveness of two Hepatitis B vaccines in HIV-negative youths

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e658402010-001 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Coleen K. Cunningham

Keyword(s):

Hepatitis B ◽

Hepatitis B Vaccines ◽

Hiv Negative

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Incidence of Cytological Abnormalities in Pap's Smear in HIV Positive Women

Journal of Medical Research and Innovation ◽

10.15419/jmri.136 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (S1) ◽

pp. e000136

Author(s):

Suhana Jotva ◽

Hemani Desai ◽

Hansa Goswami

Keyword(s):

Trichomonas Vaginalis ◽

Clinical History ◽

Hiv Positive ◽

Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions ◽

Squamous Cells ◽

Medical College ◽

Hiv Positive Women ◽

Cytological Abnormalities ◽

Intraepithelial Lesions ◽

Hiv Negative

Aims and Objectives: The aim of present study is to estimate the frequency of abnormal PAP’s smears and mainly to detect precancerous and cancerous lesions as well as inflammatory lesions in HIV infected women. Methodology: Our study was a retrospective study of total 130 cases and PAP’s smears were examined in cytology section in Department of Pathology, BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad from 1st March 2017 to 31st August 2017. Both HIV positive and HIV negative patients were included in the study. 80 patients were HIV negative and 50 patients were HIV positive. The clinical history and relevant parameters were noted. All the smears were processed by a conventional method using Papanicolaou stain. Results: Out of 130 cases, 118 cases were reported negative for intraepithelial lesions or malignancy (NILM). Five cases were positive for squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) out of which four were HIV positive. Seven cases were of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) out of which 5 were HIV positive. Three cases were showing bacterial vaginosis. 1 case was showing Trichomonas Vaginalis. 19 cases were showing changes of non-specific inflammation. 6 cases were showing atrophic changes. Conclusion: HIV infected women are at more risk to develop cervical cytological abnormalities. The study revealed a maximum number of non-specific inflammatory smears followed by smears showing atrophic changes. Smears suspicious for malignancy (ASCUS) and smears showing squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) were more common in HIV positive patients. Thus regular PAP’s smears screening as recommended by National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) will help in early detection of cervical abnormalities in HIV positive women.

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WHAT IS A GOD LIKE? META-THEISTIC PRESUPPOSITIONS IN THE LETTER OF JEREMIAH

Journal for Semitics ◽

10.25159/1013-8471/2530 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 523-545

Author(s):

Jaco Gericke

Keyword(s):

Implied Author ◽

Negative Identity

In the apocryphal text of the Letter (Epistle) of Jeremiah (Ep Jer), a long list of reasons is given by the implied author as to why certain entities alleged to be gods are not in fact such. Brief summaries of the author’s various points characterise scholarly perspectives thereon. What has been overlooked in the research, however, and the topic of this article, concerns the converse fact that, in the construction of a negative identity for divinity, the text also assumes a lot about what a god must actually be like. Moreover, what is implicit in these “meta-theistic” presuppositions has never before been identified; hence the need for an attempted inferential reconstruction of what, according to the polemics of Ep Jer, makes a god divine.

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