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Biobehavioral survey using time location sampling among female sex workers living in Ghana in 2020

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe HIV epidemic in Ghana is characterized as a mix of a low-level generalized epidemic with significant contributions from transmission among female sex workers (FSW) and their clients.
Samuel Dery, Chris Guure, Seth Afagbedzi, Augustine Ankomah, William Ampofo, Kyeremeh Atuahene, Comfort Asamoah-Adu, Ernest Kenu, Sharon Stucker Weir, Waimar Tun, Daniel Arhinful, Kwasi Torpey   +11 more
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FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER UPTAKE FOR HIV TESTING AMONG INDIRECT FEMALE SEX WORKERS (FSWs) IN YOGYAKARTA INDONESIA [PDF]

, 2014
Indirect female sex worker is categorized as one of the key populations at risk to HIV transmission and other STDs due to having multiple sex partners. To avoid HIV transmission, female sex workers are recommended to undergo HIV voluntary counseling and ...
Dhesi Ari, Astuti
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Will Memantine Exacerbate Seizures in People With Epilepsy? A Prospective Cohort Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate whether add‐on memantine would exacerbate seizures in people with epilepsy. Methods This was a prospective cohort study. People with epilepsy diagnosed with cognitive impairment were consecutively invited. Those who agreed were followed up for at least 24 weeks.
Peiyu Wang, Lu Lu, Hui Gao, Qi Zhang, Jing Xiao, Josemir W. Sander, Weixi Xiong, Dong Zhou   +7 more
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Reduced Muscular Carnosine in Proximal Myotonic Myopathy—A Pilot 1H‐MRS Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Myotonic dystrophy type 2 (proximal myotonic myopathy, PROMM) is a progressive multisystem disorder with muscular symptoms (proximal weakness, pain, myotonia) and systemic manifestations such as diabetes mellitus, cataracts, and cardiac arrhythmias.
Alexander Gussew, Maryam Kargaran, Maik Rothe, Andreas Deistung, Dietrich Stoevesandt, Walter A. Wohlgemuth, David Strube, Thomas Kendzierski, Anna Katharina Kölsch, Maurits Gerhard Abraham Heuschen, Markus Otto, Alexander Mensch   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paying the Price: Sex Workers in Prison and the Reality of Stigma [PDF]

, 2016
Sex workers are a hidden demographic of the female prison estate. The Corston Report2 called for a new Reducing Reoffending Pathway 9 for women who have engaged in prostitution.
Ahearne, G
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Association of Corticospinal Tract Asymmetry With Ambulatory Ability After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Ambulatory ability after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is important to patients. We tested whether asymmetry between ipsi‐ and contra‐lesional corticospinal tracts (CSTs) assessed by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is associated with post‐ICH ambulation.
Yasmin N. Aziz, Carl D. Langefeld, Mary E. Comeau, Miranda C. Marion, Tyler P. Behymer, Lee A. Gilkerson, Padmini Sekar, Weihong Yuan, Vivek Khandwala, Brady J. Williamson, Thomas Maloney, Achala Vagal, Pierce Boyne, Kari Dunning, Matthew L. Flaherty, Steven J. Kittner, Prachi Mehndiratta, Gunjan Y. Parikh, Michael L. James, David Roh, Fernando D. Testai, Farhaan S. Vahidy, James Thornton, Ranjit Bagga, Daniel Woo, Stacie L. Demel   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uptake of cervical cancer screening among sex workers living with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Background: Hospitals within Nairobi County, Kenya, offer cervical cancer screening services. However, most female sex workers do not seek this service. Objective: To determine uptake of cervical cancer screening among female sex workers living with HIV ...
Maureen Akolo, Lawrence Gelmon, Horatius Musembi, Benard Mutwiri, Isabel Kambo, Joshua Kimani, Christopher Akolo   +6 more
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Age‐Related Characteristics of SYT1‐Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives We describe the clinical manifestations and developmental abilities of individuals with SYT1‐associated neurodevelopmental disorder (Baker‐Gordon syndrome) from infancy to adulthood. We further describe the neuroradiological and electrophysiological characteristics of the condition at different ages, and explore the associations ...
Sam G. Norwitz, Josefine Eck, Joel S. Winston, Kate Baker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Violence, dignity and HIV vulnerability: street sex work in Serbia.

, 2009
Sex work can be contextualized by violence, social and material inequality, and HIV vulnerability. We undertook a qualitative study to explore female and transvestite sex workers' accounts (n = 31) of HIV risk environment in Belgrade and Pancevo, Serbia.
Barnard, Bernays, Bourdieu, Bourdieu, Bourgois, Campbell, Carabine, Church, Cockerham, Cusick, Day, Djilas, Epele, European Roma Rights Centre, Farley, Farley, Farmer, Goffman, Gordy, Jackson, Jacobson, Jayasree, Kalichman, Karim, Kleinman, Koskela, Lopes, Maman, Marmot, Miller, Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Nikolic-Rastanovic, Nixon, Olujic, Parker, Pauw, Pietilä, Potterat, Pyett, Rhodes, Rhodes, Rhodes, Rhodes, Rhodes, Richardson, Romero-Daza, Sanders, Sanders, Scambler, Scheper-Hughes, Shotter, Simić, Singer, Surrat, Voice of Difference from Serbia, Ward, Wechsberg   +56 more
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Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the risk of hospital readmission after an index hospitalization for TBI in older adults. Methods Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we used propensity score matching of individuals with an index TBI‐related hospitalization to individuals with (1) non‐TBI hospitalizations (primary analysis)
Rachel Thomas, Connor A. Law, Joan A. Casey, Thomas Mosley, Rebecca F. Gottesman, Ramon Diaz‐Arrastia, Holly Elser, Andrea L. C. Schneider   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source