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Using a programmatic mapping approach to plan for HIV prevention and harm reduction interventions for people who inject drugs in three South African cities

Harm Reduction Journal, 2017
Background Stigma, criminalisation and a lack of data on drug use contribute to the “invisibility” of people who inject drugs (PWID) and make HIV prevention and treatment service delivery challenging.
Andrew Scheibe, Shaun Shelly, Andrew Lambert, Andrea Schneider, Rudolf Basson, Nelson Medeiros, Kalvanya Padayachee, Helen Savva, Harry Hausler   +8 more
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Acceptability and satisfaction towards self‐collection for chlamydia and gonorrhoea testing among transgender women in Tangerine Clinic, Thailand: shifting towards the new normal

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2021
Introduction Provider‐collected swabs are an unappealing procedure for many transgender women and may have led to suboptimal rates of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) testing.
Akarin Hiransuthikul, Rena Janamnuaysook, Linrada Himma, Chiraporn Taya, Tidarat Amatsombat, Phongdanai Chumnanwet, Kritima Samitpol, Artsanee Chancham, Jiratchaya Kongkapan, Jeeranuch Rueannak, Pintusorn Getwongsa, Peevara Srimanus, Nipat Teeratakulpisarn, Narukjaporn Thammajaruk, Matthew Avery, Tanyaporn Wansom, Stephen Mills, Reshmie A. Ramautarsing, Nittaya Phanuphak   +18 more
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HIV RESERVOIR IN HIV PATIENTS

TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES, 2019
An HIV reservoir is a collection of HIV DNA in target cells in an HIV-infected person. HIV reservoir in patients with HIV infection prevents eradication of the pathogen and cure of the disease. The review presents published data on the structure of HIV reservoir, its formation and change of its size at different stages of the disease, depending on the ...
E. I. Veselova, G. D. Kaminskiy, A. G. Samoylova, I. A. Vasilyeva   +3 more
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Evaluating the effectiveness of enhanced family planning education on knowledge and use of family planning in fishing communities of Lake Victoria in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Introduction Family planning knowledge is poor and use is low in Ugandan fishing communities. We compared the effectiveness of enhanced family planning (FP) education with routine counselling on FP knowledge and use.
Annet Nanvubya, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Andrew Abaasa, Teddy Nakaweesa, Juliet Mpendo, Barbarah Kawoozo, Francis Matovu, Sarah Nabukalu, Geoffrey Omoding, Jed Kaweesi, John Ndugga, Bernard Bagaya, Kundai Chinyenze, Matt A. Price, Jean Pierre Van Geertruyden   +14 more
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UK national clinical audit: management of pregnancies in women with HIV

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background The potential for HIV transmission between a pregnant woman and her unborn child was first recognized in 1982. Since then a complex package of measures to reduce risk has been developed.
S. Raffe, H. Curtis, P. Tookey, H. Peters, A. Freedman, Y. Gilleece, on behalf of the British HIV Association Audit and Standards Sub-Committee   +6 more
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Beyond the 90‐90‐90: refocusing HIV prevention as part of the global HIV response

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2016
Introduction The remarkable expansion in availability of antiretroviral therapy (ART) over the past two decades has transformed HIV infection into a manageable chronic condition. People with HIV infection now live long and healthy lives on treatment that
Rachel Baggaley, Shona Dalal, Cheryl Johnson, Virginia Macdonald, Ioannis Mameletzis, Michelle Rodolph, Carmen Figueroa, Julia Samuelson, Annette Verster, Meg Doherty, Gottfried Hirnschall   +10 more
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Low-level genital HIV shedding in Thai HIV-infected women with suppressed plasma viral load after menopause: a longitudinal study

Journal of Virus Eradication, 2017
Objectives: First, to evaluate the longitudinal changes of HIV RNA in genital secretions in HIV-positive women with plasma HIV RNA 50 copies/mL in 27% of the participants, and in 40% after menopause. The GVL was
Nadia Kancheva Landolt, Tanya Do, Naruporn Kasipong, Rosalin Kriengsinyot, Sasiwimol Ubolyam, Apicha Mahanontharit, Tippawan Pankam, Tanakorn Apornpong, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Jintanat Ananworanich, Nittaya Phanuphak, Surasith Chaithongwongwatthana   +11 more
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Transcriptional landscape of Kaposi sarcoma tumors identifies unique immunologic signatures and key determinants of angiogenesis

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2023
Background Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a multicentric tumor caused by Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) that leads to morbidity and mortality among people with HIV worldwide.
Ramya Ramaswami, Takanobu Tagawa, Guruswamy Mahesh, Anna Serquina, Vishal Koparde, Kathryn Lurain, Sarah Dremel, Xiaofan Li, Ameera Mungale, Alex Beran, Zoe Weaver Ohler, Laura Bassel, Andrew Warner, Ralph Mangusan, Anaida Widell, Irene Ekwede, Laurie T. Krug, Thomas S. Uldrick, Robert Yarchoan, Joseph M. Ziegelbauer   +19 more
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Evolution of Risk Behaviors, Sexually Transmitted Infections and PrEP Care Continuum in a Hospital-Based PrEP Program in Barcelona, Spain: A Descriptive Study of the First 2 Years’ Experience

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2022
Introduction Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is effective for HIV prevention, but the PrEP care continuum also involves improving PrEP awareness, uptake, adherence, and retention in care.
Ainoa Ugarte, Lorena de la Mora, David García, María Martínez-Rebollar, Elisa de Lazzari, Berta Torres, Alexy Inciarte, Juan Ambrosioni, Iván Chivite, Estela Solbes, Nicolás de Loredo, Guillermo Federico Del Carlo, Ana González-Cordón, José Luis Blanco, Esteban Martínez, Josep Mallolas, Montserrat Laguno   +16 more
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Vorinostat Renders the Replication-Competent Latent Reservoir of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Vulnerable to Clearance by CD8 T Cells

EBioMedicine, 2017
Latently human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected cells are transcriptionally quiescent and invisible to clearance by the immune system. To demonstrate that the latency reversing agent vorinostat (VOR) induces a window of vulnerability in the latent ...
Julia A. Sung, Katherine Sholtis, Jennifer Kirchherr, Joann D. Kuruc, Cynthia L. Gay, Jeffrey L. Nordstrom, Catherine M. Bollard, Nancie M. Archin, David M. Margolis   +8 more
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