FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DESIRED FERTILITY AMONG HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN AND MEN ATTENDING TWO URBAN CLINICS IN LILONGWE, MALAWI.

Factors associated with desired fertility among HIV-positive women and men attending two urban clinics in Lilongwe, Malawi.

As access to antiretroviral therapy increases, more HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa may desire fertility.We conducted a cross-sectional study of reproductive health knowledge, attitudes and practices to identify factors associated with desired fertility among women and Inlet Hose men receiving care at two large public HIV clinics in Lil

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Completion of hepatitis C virus replication cycle in heterokaryons excludes dominant restrictions in human non-liver and mouse liver cell lines.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is hepatotropic and only infects humans and chimpanzees.Consequently, an immunocompetent small animal model is lacking.The restricted tropism of HCV likely reflects specific host factor requirements.We investigated if dominant restriction factors expressed in non-liver or non-human cell lines inhibit HCV propagation thus ren

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