Low prevalence of hepatitis C co-infection in recently HIV-infected minority men who have sex with men in Los Angeles: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundGeographic and sociodemographic characterization of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) has been limited.
Bhattacharya, Debika +7 more
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A stochastic differential equation SIS epidemic model [PDF]
, 2011 In this paper we extend the classical susceptible-infected-susceptible epidemic model from a deterministic framework to a stochastic one and formulate it as a stochastic differential equation (SDE) for the number of infectious individuals $I(t)$. We then
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PLoS ONE, 2020 Objectives China has a high burden of gonorrhea, but an imbalanced male-to-female (M/F) ratio of reported cases. Therefore, the prevalence of gonorrhea in China may be underestimated due to inadequate testing of potentially infected females.
Wen-Ge Li +6 more
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What is Causing This Man\u27s Rectal Pain and Urinary Retention? [PDF]
, 2016 Case: A 23-year-old man presented to an urgent care office with a 2-week history of rectal pain and scant rectal bleeding. In the few days leading up to his presentation, he also had a fever of 101° F (38.3° C), inguinal lymphadenopathy, and urinary ...
McKenney-Drake, Mikaela L. +2 more
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Frame me if you must: PrEP framing and the impact on adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis [PDF]
, 2017 Background “PrEP whore” has been used both as a pejorative by PrEP opponents in the gay community and, reactively, by PrEP advocates as a method to reclaim the label from stigmatization and “slut-shaming.” The actual prevalence and ...
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1901 Of late the number of cases of gonorrhea in boys has been so large in some quarters that it has attracted more than passing notice, both as to the cause of their occurrence and to their general behavior and treatment. Within the past two years, twenty-two cases have come under my supervision, in patients ranging in age from 18 months to 12 years.
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Optimizing Treatment of Antimicrobial-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 The increasing prevalence of ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae has required replacing inexpensive oral ciprofloxacin treatment with more expensive injectable ceftriaxone.
Kakoli Roy +2 more
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The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in the United Kingdom: impact of behaviour, services and interventions [PDF]
, 2015 Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major public health concern. The United Kingdom (UK) has some of the most advanced STI surveillance systems globally.
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Condoms are more effective when applied by males: a study of young black males in the United States
, 2014 PurposeTo determine, among a sample of young black male (YBM), whether female application of male condoms for penile–vaginal intercourse would be associated with higher or lower rates of breakage or slippage.
Crosby, Richard A. +4 more
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Health of Special Immigrant Visa holders from Iraq and Afghanistan after arrival into the United States using Domestic Medical Examination data, 2014-2016: A cross-sectional analysis. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: Since 2008, the United States has issued between 2,000 and 19,000 Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) annually, with the majority issued to applicants from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Aguirre, Jenny +15 more
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