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Sentinel surveillance of HIV-1 transmitted drug resistance, acute infection and recent infection. [PDF]

, 2011
BackgroundHIV-1 acute infection, recent infection and transmitted drug resistance screening was integrated into voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) services to enhance the existing surveillance program in San Francisco.
Grant, Robert M, Kellogg, Timothy A, Klausner, Jeffrey D, Louie, Brian, McFarland, Willi, Philip, Susan S, Truong, Hong-Ha M   +6 more
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STI tests and proportion of positive tests in female sex workers attending local public health departments in Germany in 2010/11

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background In Germany, local public health departments (LPHD) are required to offer low-threshold access to confidential counselling and testing for sexually transmitted infections (STI) for sex workers. We collected data from LPHD in Germany to estimate
Viviane Bremer, Karin Haar, Martyna Gassowski, Osamah Hamouda, Stine Nielsen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detection and molecular characterization of urinary tract HIV-1 populations

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2019
Background Identification of all possible HIV reservoirs is an important aspect in HIV eradication efforts. The urinary tract has however not been well studied as a potential HIV reservoir.
M. L. Mzingwane, G. Hunt, R. Lassauniere, M. Kalimashe, A. Bongwe, J. Ledwaba, R. E. Chaisson, N. Martinson, K. Richter, S. M. Bowyer, C. T. Tiemessen   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transmitted drug resistance and subtype patterns of viruses from reported new HIV diagnoses in Germany, 2017–2020

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background The transmission of resistant HIV variants jeopardizes the effective use of antiretrovirals for therapy and prophylaxis. Molecular surveillance of new HIV diagnoses with a focus on prevalence and type of resistance associated mutations and the
Uwe Fiebig, Britta Altmann, Andrea Hauser, Uwe Koppe, Kirsten Hanke, Barbara Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, Viviane Bremer, Axel Baumgarten, Norbert Bannert   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Additional challenges in reaching hepatitis C elimination goals in Germany due to the COVID-19 pandemic - descriptive analysis of drug prescription data from January 2018 to June 2021

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Effectively treating hepatitis C viral (HCV) infections prevents sequelae and onward transmission. In Germany, HCV drug prescriptions have declined since 2015.
Emily D. Meyer, Emily D. Meyer, Sandra Dudareva, Christian Kollan, Stefan Mauss, Heiner Wedemeyer, Daniel Schmidt, Ruth Zimmermann   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The roles of apoptosis, autophagy and unfolded protein response in arbovirus, influenza virus, and HIV infections

Virulence, 2019
Virus infection induces different cellular responses in infected cells. These include cellular stress responses like autophagy and unfolded protein response (UPR).
P. Mehrbod, Sudharsana Rao Ande, Javad Alizadeh, Shahrzad Rahimizadeh, Aryana Shariati, Hadis Malek, M. Hashemi, Kathleen K M Glover, A. Sher, K. Coombs, S. Ghavami   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

High variability of TB, HIV, hepatitis C treatment and opioid substitution therapy among prisoners in Germany

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background In Germany, medical care of prisoners is completely separated from extramural health care. The extent and quality of medical care among prisoners in Germany are therefore largely unknown.
Jana Müller, Daniel Schmidt, Christian Kollan, Marc Lehmann, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

High prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection and low level of awareness among people who recently started injecting drugs in a cross-sectional study in Germany, 2011–2014: missed opportunities for hepatitis C testing

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background In Germany, risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highest among people who inject drugs (PWID). New injectors (NI) are particularly vulnerable for HCV-acquisition, but little is known about health seeking behaviour and opportunities for
Julia Enkelmann, Martyna Gassowski, Stine Nielsen, Benjamin Wenz, Stefan Roß, Ulrich Marcus, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann, DRUCK Study group   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Confronting Challenges in Monitoring and Evaluation: Innovation in the Context of the Global Plan Towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections Among Children by 2015 and Keeping Their Mothers Alive

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2017
: The Global Plan Towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections Among Children by 2015 and Keeping Their Mothers Alive (Global Plan), which was launched in 2011, set a series of ambitious targets, including a reduction of new HIV infections among ...
Anna K. Radin, Andrew A Abutu, M. Okwero, M. Adler, C. Anyaike, Hilda T Asiimwe, Prosper Behumbiize, Timothy Efuntoye, R. King, L. Kisaakye, Dolapo T. Ogundehin, Benjamin R Phelps, H. Watts, Fitti Weissglas   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exosomes in HIV infection

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 2021
Purpose of review The exosomes play a critical role in HIV infection, which constitute a pathway to release intracellular material and exchange material and information between cells. Exosomes have become a hotspot in the field of AIDS research.
Chuanyun Li, Dexi Chen, Huan Chen, Weihua Li, Jing Chen, Rong Li   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources