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The epidemiology of HSV-2 infection and its association with HIV infection in four urban African populations. [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVES: To estimate age- and sex-specific herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2) prevalence in urban African adult populations and to identify factors associated with infection. DESIGN AND METHODS: Cross-sectional, population-based samples of about 2000
Robinson, NJ, Hayes, R. J., Buvé, A, Van Dyck, E, Musonda, R, Zekeng, L, Zekeng, L., Weiss, H. A., Anagonou, S., Robinson, N. J., Morison, L., Laga, M., Caraël, M, Weiss, HA, Anagonou, S, Kahindo, M., Van Dyck, E., Buvé, A., Musonda, R., Study Group on Heterogeneity of HIV Epidemics in African Cities, Caraël, M., Kahindo, M, Morison, L, Laga, M, Hayes, RJ   +24 more
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Commercial sex and the spread of HIV in four cities in sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To examine whether commercial sex transactions were more common and/or transmission between sex workers and clients more efficient in two African cities with high HIV prevalence (Kisumu, Kenya and Ndola, Zambia) compared with two with ...
Morison, L., Caraël, M, Weiss, HA, Kanhonou, L., Hayes, R. J., Chege, J., Buvé, A, Buvé, A., Abega, S. C., Weiss, H. A., Study Group on Heterogeneity of HIV Epidemics in African Cities, Caraël, M., Chege, J, Kanhonou, L, Abega, SC, Kaona, F., Morison, L, Kaona, F, Hayes, RJ   +18 more
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HIV and intestinal parasite co-infections among a Chinese population : an immunological profile [PDF]

, 2013
Parasite infections often result in a switch of the human body's predominant immune reaction from T-helper 1 (Th1)-type to Th2-type. Hence, parasite infections are widely expected to accelerate the progression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV ...
Wang, Feng-Feng, Peter Steinmann, Xiao-Mei Yin, Tian, Li-Guang, Jian Guo, Cai, Yu-Chun, Mary Dickey, Jia-Xu Chen, Dickey, Mary Kathryn, Li-Guang Tian, Shan Lv, Yu-Chun Cai, Steinmann, Peter, Guo, Jian, Chen, Jia-Xu, Feng-Feng Wang, Lv, Shan, Wang, Tian-Ping, Yin, Xiao-Mei, Tian-Ping Wang   +19 more
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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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Macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance-associated mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium in Johannesburg, South Africa, 2007–2014

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Antimicrobial resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium is rising globally with resultant clinical treatment failure. We investigated the prevalence of mutations in the macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance-determining regions of M. genitalium in
Etienne E. Muller, Mahlape P. Mahlangu, David A. Lewis, Ranmini S. Kularatne   +3 more
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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
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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
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High variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: results from a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling in eight German cities (2011–14)

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) due to sharing injection paraphernalia and unprotected sex. To generate seroprevalence data on HIV and HCV among PWID and related data
Benjamin Wenz, Stine Nielsen, Martyna Gassowski, Claudia Santos-Hövener, Wei Cai, R. Stefan Ross, Claus-Thomas Bock, Boris-Alexander Ratsch, Claudia Kücherer, Norbert Bannert, Viviane Bremer, Osamah Hamouda, Ulrich Marcus, Ruth Zimmermann, the DRUCK Study group   +14 more
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Strategies to reengage patients lost to follow up in HIV care in high income countries, a scoping review

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Despite remarkable achievements in antiretroviral therapy (ART), losses to follow-up (LTFU) might prevent the long-term success of HIV treatment and might delay the achievement of the 90–90-90 objectives.
Jorge Palacio-Vieira, Juliana Maria Reyes-Urueña, Arkaitz Imaz, Andreu Bruguera, Luis Force, Amat Orti Llaveria, Josep M. Llibre, Ingrid Vilaró, Francesc Homar Borràs, Vicenç Falcó, Melchor Riera, Pere Domingo, Elisa de Lazzari, Josep M. Miró, Jordi Casabona, PICIS study group   +15 more
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Impact of health insurance status among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa on access to health care and HIV testing in Germany: a participatory cross-sectional survey

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2019
Background Among all newly diagnosed HIV cases in Germany in 2015, 16% originated from sub-Saharan Africa. Twelve percent of these infections were contracted within Germany and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa (misSA) are diagnosed later than Germans ...
Johanna Müllerschön, Carmen Koschollek, Claudia Santos-Hövener, Anna Kuehne, Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn, Viviane Bremer   +5 more
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