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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background The HIV surveillance system in Germany is based on mandatory, anonymous notification of newly diagnosed HIV cases by laboratories. Because the time between HIV infection and the diagnosis of HIV varies widely between persons, it is difficult ...
Alexandra Hofmann +10 more
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A Landscape Analysis of Offering HIV Testing Services Within Family Planning Service Delivery
Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2021 Introduction: Offering HIV testing services (HTS) within sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services is a priority, especially for women who have a substantial risk.
Alison L. Drake +11 more
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Journal of Urban Health, 2006 With the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in mid-1995, the prognosis for HIV-infected individuals has brightened dramatically. However, the conjunction of potent antiviral therapy and longer life expectancy may engender a variety of health risks that, heretofore, HIV specialists have not had to confront.
Rakhi, Kohli +5 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background Extra-genital Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis infections are mostly asymptomatic, and important reservoir sites of infection as they often go undetected and may be more difficult to eradicate with recommended therapeutic ...
Johanna M. E. Venter +7 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Immediate initiation of antiretroviral treatment (iART) is a proven intervention that significantly decreases time to viral suppression and increases patient retention.
Daniel Bertolino +4 more
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Hepatitis B vaccination coverage in Germany: systematic review
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Despite being considered as a low prevalence country for hepatitis B (HBV), some populations in Germany are at higher risk of infection.
Gyde Steffen +8 more
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Neurologic Clinics, 1993 Drug use will soon become the major risk for transmission of HIV infection in the United States, which will result in near equal incidence of the disease in men and women and more affected children. This has serious implications for the health care community and for the community at large.
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Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2008 In the US, an estimated 1 million people are infected with HIV, although one-third of this population are unaware of their diagnosis. While HIV infection is commonly thought to affect younger adults, there are an increasing number of patients over 50 years of age living with the condition.
Nancy Nguyen, Mark Holodniy
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History of detention and the risk of hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Germany
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between detention experience and hepatitis C virus (HCV) status, the role of duration and frequency of detention, and whether risk behaviours practiced in detention could explain an ...
Martyna Gassowski +8 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Introduction With progress in the ‘diagnose’, ‘link’ and ‘retain’ stages of the HIV care continuum, viral suppression (VS) gains increasingly hinge on antiretroviral adherence among people with HIV (PWH) retained in care.
Meghan Peterson +9 more
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