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Access to condoms for female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
BACKGROUND: Condoms are an essential part of comprehensive HIV prevention and care programmes. We report the accessibility of male condoms for female sex workers (FSWs) and the associated characteristics that may play a major role in determining access ...
Bertozzi, Stefano M   +5 more
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4‐nitrobenzoate inhibits 4‐hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase in malaria parasites and enhances atovaquone efficacy

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Atovaquone is an antimalarial requiring potentiation for sufficient efficacy. We pursued strategies to enhance its activity, showing that 4‐nitrobenzoate inhibits 4‐hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase, decreasing ubiquinone biosynthesis. Since atovaquone competes with ubiquinol in mitochondria, 4‐nitrobenzoate facilitates its action, potentiating ...
Ignasi Bofill Verdaguer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attitudes toward condom education amongst educators for Deaf and hard-of-hearing adolescents in South Africa

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2014
Background: Disabled adolescents are at a critical time in their psychosocial and sexual development. Aim: This study explores the attitudes of educators working in schools for Deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils in South Africa toward condom education for ...
Sumaya Mall, Leslie Swartz
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A Novel Condom Distribution Program for County Jail Prisoners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), in collaboration with the Center for Health Justice, the Forensic AIDS Project, and the San Francisco Sheriff's Department, conducted a feasibility study of a novel method of providing condoms to prisoners ...
Kate Monico Klein   +2 more
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Affecting Condom-Use Behaviors Among Female Emerging Adults in South Korea

open access: yesPsychology Research and Behavior Management, 2022
Jungmin Lee School of Nursing, Hallym University, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, South KoreaCorrespondence: Jungmin Lee, Tel +82-33-248-2710, Fax +82-33-248-2734, Email j_lee0624@hallym.ac.krPurpose: To date, no studies have examined the association between ...
Lee J
doaj  

Behavioural intervention to reduce sexually transmitted infections in people aged 16–24 years in the UK: the safetxt RCT

open access: yesPublic Health Research, 2023
Background: The prevalence of genital chlamydia and gonorrhoea is higher in the 16–24 years age group than those in other age group. With users, we developed the theory-based safetxt intervention to reduce sexually transmitted infections.
Caroline Free   +24 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor use associated with condom breakage? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This is an open access article - Copyright © 2009 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. All rights reserved.We tested the hypothesis that phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) use would be associated with increased likelihood of condom breakage using an
Crosby, RA   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The MMP‐9/TIMP‐1 Ratio and Concentrations of Osteopontin Are Elevated in Cerebrospinal Fluid of People With Multiple Sclerosis and Decrease After Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the utility of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers—matrix metalloproteinase‐9 (MMP‐9), tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases‐1 (TIMP‐1), the MMP‐9/TIMP‐1 ratio, and osteopontin (OPN)—as indicators of blood–brain barrier (BBB) integrity and disease activity in people with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (pwMS ...
Ivan Pavlovic   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fluid and Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Microgliopathy Colony‐Stimulating Factor‐1 Receptor‐Related Disorders

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aims to identify both fluid and neuroimaging biomarkers for CSF1R‐RD that can inform the optimal timing of treatment administration to maximize therapeutic benefit, while also providing sensitive quantitative measurements to monitor disease progression.
Tomasz Chmiela   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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