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Molecular studies of the hepatitis C virus : the role of IRES activity for therapy response, and the impact of the non-structural protein
(2006-08-18)
Chronic hepatitis C can lead to life threatening conditions like cirrhosis, liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma. There are an estimated 170 million chronic carriers of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) world wide, making ...
Clinical aspects of Mycoplasma genitalium infection
(2010-01-15)
The microorganism Mycoplasma (M.) genitalium was first isolated by culture in 1980. Further attempts to culture this mycoplasma were difficult because of its slow growing nature. The development of polymerase chain reaction ...
Mental disorder, sexual risk behaviour, sexual violence and HIV in Uganda
(2014-01-17)
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the association between mental disorder and risk of sexual HIV transmission in a low-income country with a generalized HIV epidemic. Specific objectives were to ...
Chronic inflammation, anti-inflammatory treatment and risk of malignant lymphomas
(2013-04-26)
The aim of this thesis was to investigate the link between malignant lymphomas and chronic inflammation, in particular the associations between inflammatory activity, immune-modulatory treatment and risk of lymphoma ...