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Preventing HIV infection [PDF]

BMJ, 2005
In 2002 the prevailing view was that preventive strategies rather than the provision of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) were the only feasible way to control the spread of HIV infection. Antiretroviral treatment is now cheaper thanks to initiatives from the pharmaceutical industry and generic manufacture and its wider availability ...
Rachael, Jones, Brian, Gazzard, Yasmin, Halima   +2 more
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Surveillance of recent HIV infections among newly diagnosed HIV cases in Germany between 2008 and 2014

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, Andrea Hauser, Ruth Zimmermann, Claudia Santos-Hövener, Jörg Bätzing-Feigenbaum, Stephan Wildner, Claudia Kücherer, Norbert Bannert, Osamah Hamouda, Viviane Bremer, Barbara Bartmeyer   +10 more
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Immediate initiation of antiretroviral treatment: knowledge, attitudes, and practices among clinic staff in New York City

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, Abigail Baim-Lance, Erica D’Aquila, Freda Coren, Bisrat Abraham   +4 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, Caitlin Quinn, Nancy Kidula, Euphemia Sibanda, Petrus Steyn, Magdalena Barr-DiChiara, Muhammad S. Jamil, Michelle Rodolph, Mary E. Gaffield, James Kiarie, Rachel Baggaley, Cheryl Johnson   +11 more
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Comparison of an in-house real-time duplex PCR assay with commercial HOLOGIC® APTIMA assays for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in urine and extra-genital specimens

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, Precious M. Mahlangu, Etienne E. Müller, David A. Lewis, Kevin Rebe, Helen Struthers, James McIntyre, Ranmini S. Kularatne   +7 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, Ida Sperle, Thomas Harder, Navina Sarma, Sandra Beermann, Roma Thamm, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann, Sandra Dudareva   +8 more
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Respiratory infection complicating HIV infection [PDF]

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2008
Respiratory infections remain a major cause of morbidity among HIV-infected persons. Thus, knowledge of recent advances regarding HIV-associated opportunistic pneumonias is crucial for optimal care of HIV-infected persons.Bacterial pneumonia is the most common HIV-associated opportunistic pneumonia in the USA and its incidence remains appreciable ...
J Lucian, Davis, Matthew, Fei, Laurence, Huang   +2 more
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Study protocol for data to suppression (D2S): a cluster-randomised, stepped-wedge effectiveness trial of a reporting and capacity-building intervention to improve HIV viral suppression in housing and behavioural health programmes in New York City

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, Denis Nash, Mary K Irvine, Bruce Levin, McKaylee M Robertson, Sarah L Braunstein, Rebecca Zimba, Faisal Abdelqader, Jacinthe Thomas, Tigran Avoundjian   +9 more
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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, Stine Nielsen, Norbert Bannert, Claus-Thomas Bock, Viviane Bremer, R. Stefan Ross, Benjamin Wenz, Ulrich Marcus, Ruth Zimmermann   +8 more
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HIV Infection

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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