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Concurrent sexual partnerships and HIV prevalence in five urban communities of sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To estimate parameters of concurrent sexual partnerships in five urban populations in sub-Saharan Africa and to assess their association with levels of HIV infection and other sexually transmitted infections (STI).
Lagarde, E., Ferry, B., N'Doye, I., Sukwa, T, Buvé, A, Laourou, M, Akam, E, Sukwa, T., Chege, J, N'Doye, I, Auvert, B, Maury, B, Morison, L., Caraël, M, Maury, E., Lagarde, E, Auvert, B., Chege, J., Buvé, A., Study Group on Heterogeneity of HIV Epidemics in African Cities, Caraël, M., Akam, E., Laourou, M., Ferry, B, Morison, L   +24 more
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HIV/AIDS in Kansas, Annual Report, ... HIV/AIDS in Kansas, Annual Report for Calendar Year ... ... AIDS Annual Tables

, 2009
"Sources of information for this report: Kansas HIV/AIDS Surveillance System (eHARS)"HIV/AIDS in Kansas, Annual Report, December 2009 HIV/AIDS in Kansas, Annual Report, December 2010 HIV/AIDS in Kansas, Annual Report, December 2011 HIV/AIDS in ...
Kansas. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Program
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Occult Hepatitis B Infection in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis in Yaounde (Cameroon)

Health Research in Africa
Introduction. Occult hepatitis B is characterized by serological negative result for surface antigen (HBsAg) using available assays, detectable HBV DNA in the liver with or without HBV DNA in the blood.
Éric Ola’a Bamzok, Nadège Goumkwa Mafopa, Juliette-Laure Ndzié Ondigui, Alliance-Laure Otam, Cindy Lobe, Abdel Mouliom, Patrick Awoumou, Puinta Peyonga, Solange Manju Atah, François Jérome Kaze, Judith Ndongo Torimiro   +9 more
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HIV-2 infection: Where are we today?

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 2013
Context: The choice of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-2 differs from that for HIV-1, underscoring the importance of differentiating between the two. Aims: The current study was planned to find out the prevalence of HIV-2 infection at our center and to ...
Nayana A Ingole, Purva P Sarkate, Supriya M Paranjpe, Sameer D Shinde, Sujata S Lall, Preeti R Mehta   +5 more
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HIV terminology and appropriate language use guidelines. [PDF]

, 2020
We have seen significant advancements in HIV treatment and prevention in recent years. However, the language used when talking or writing about HIV is often out-dated and stigmatising.

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-specific T-cell responses are induced in people living with human immunodeficiency virus after booster vaccination

Chinese Medical Journal
. Background:. T-cell-mediated immunity is crucial for the effective clearance of viral infection, but the T-cell-mediated immune responses that are induced by booster doses of inactivated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 ...
Xiuwen Wang, Yongzheng Li, Junyan Jin, Xiaoran Chai, Zhenglai Ma, Junyi Duan, Guanghui Zhang, Tao Huang, Xin Zhang, Tong Zhang, Hao Wu, Yunlong Cao, Bin Su, Yanjie Yin   +13 more
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HIV-2: an overview

International Journal of Research in Dermatology, 2015
HIV-2 is much less common compared to HIV-1, has to be confirmed by HIV-2 Western Blot test and is resistant to Efavirinz and Nevirapine. There are two HIV viruses, HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-2 is relatively rare in India. The clinical course of HIV-2 infection is slower, plasma HIV-2 RNA levels are lower as compared to HIV-1 infection, but once the illness ...
Mangala S. Borkar, Akshay A. Kashid
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Values and preferences of female sex workers in Zimbabwe for long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis and the dapivirine vaginal ring: results of a mixed-methods research study

BMJ Global Health
Introduction Female sex workers (FSWs) in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of HIV acquisition. Here we explore the values and preferences of Zimbabwean FSW for long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).Methods We employed mixed methods; focus group ...
Frances M Cowan, Sungai T Chabata, Rachel Baggaley, Michelle Rodolph, Marc d'Elbée, Fortunate Machingura, Tatenda Kujeke, Jasper Maguma   +7 more
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Age, sex, income, sociodemographic and health system inequalities in the global burden of high systolic blood pressure: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

BMJ Open
Objectives To examine the global and regional trends in disparities of high systolic blood pressure (HSBP) burden between 1990 and 2021 by age, sex, sociodemographic index and health systems’ performance.Design Systematic analysis.Setting Global ...
Hamid Sharifi, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Azin Kadkhodamanesh, Mohammad-Mahdi Bastan, Meraj Sharifi   +4 more
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Study protocol for assessment of the efficacy of calcium dobesilate versus placebo on SARS-CoV-2 viral load in outpatients with COVID-19 (CADOVID study): a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, monocentric phase II trial

BMJ Open
Introduction SARS-CoV-2 mainly infects respiratory endothelial cells, which is facilitated through its spike protein binding to heparan sulphate. Calcium dobesilate (CaD) is a well-established, widely available vasoactive and angioprotective drug ...
Idris Guessous, Alexandra Calmy, Herve Spechbach, Julien Salamun, Tamara Da Silva, Pilar Ustero, Yvan Gosmain   +6 more
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