ABSTRACT
The first case of AIDS in Morocco was declared in 1986 and since then the number of AIDS cases has steadily increased. According to the Ministry of Health, the cumulative number of AIDS cases in December 2002 was 1085. HIV in Morocco is acquired mainly through heterosexual intercourse. Individuals aged between 30 and 39 years and in the regions of Marrakech and Agadir have been the most affected. Monitoring of the trend of the epidemic by sentinel surveillance surveys indicates that Morocco is still a low prevalence zone, since prevalence among pregnant women is less than 1%. The estimated number of HIV-infected people in Morocco is around 15 000. It is not clear why the epidemic here has not evolved as it has in the sub-Saharan countries where it is spreading at an alarming rate. Late introduction of HIV-1 subtype B in Morocco, which is relatively less transmissible, circumcision and reduced risk behaviours of Muslims may explain this. Nonetheless, because prevalence has increased in recent years, unless preventive measures are strengthened, the HIV epidemic will worsen in Morocco
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Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Circumcision, Male/statistics & numerical data , Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control , HIV Seroprevalence , HIV-1 , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Health Surveys , Infant, Newborn , Islam/psychology , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/epidemiology , Residence Characteristics/statistics & numerical data , Sexual Behavior/statistics & numerical data , Urban Health/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
The ataxic hemiparesis is a rare entity whose semiology is unusual, considering that hemi paresis and cerebellar signs are both presents in the same side of the body. This hemiparesis is the more often reported to a lacune of the internal capsale. About this subject, we propose to examinate 2 observations where a lacune of the anterior part of the posterior limb of the internal capsule is nesponsible, rising an ataxic hemiparesis. We'll discuss the physiopathologic aspects and the differents lesionary localisations, under the light of litterature data
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/physiopathology , Cerebral Cortex/pathologyABSTRACT
Anomalies of the thyroid gland [clinical, biological or anatomical] are present in numerous myasthenic patients. A lot of series found only cases of hypothyroidism, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and exceptionally of Graves disease associated to myasthenia gravis. This is an association of 2 diseases refering to the auto-immune pathology. We report the observation of myasthenia gravis with respiratory disturbances associated to Graves disease wich are both and simultaneously uncompensated