National adult antiretroviral therapy guidelines in South Africa: concordance with 2003 WHO guidelines?

Lawn, S.D.; Wood, R.

Aids 21(1): 121-122

2006


ISSN/ISBN: 0269-9370
PMID: 17148984
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e3280117fa5
Document Number: 255314
Diarrhoea-related morbidity is reduced by zinc supplementation in HIV-1-infected children. The mechanisms of this effect are largely undefined. We provide evidence for role for Tat (transactivating peptide produced by HIV-1) in the pathogenesis of diarrhoea in AIDS patients. In this study we showed that zinc, preventing Tat-induced fluid secretion, directly limits a specific mechanism of HIV-1-related diarrhoea. Our data support a 'zinc approach' in adjunct to specific antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected children.

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