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Risk factors for herpes simplex virus type 2 and HIV among women at high risk in northwestern Tanzania: preparing for an HSV-2 intervention trial. [PDF]

, 2007
OBJECTIVES: To determine prevalence of and risk factors for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and HIV among women being screened for a randomized, controlled trial of HSV suppressive therapy in northwestern Tanzania. METHODS: Two thousand seven hundred
Mugeye, Kokugonza, Hayes, Richard J, Balira, Rebecca, Knight, Louise, Ross, David, Changalucha, John, Weiss, Helen A, Baisley, Kathy, Watson-Jones, Deborah, Rusizoka, Mary, Everett, Dean   +10 more
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Tuberculosis at the crossroads: urgent actions for migrant and refugee health in a turbulent era

BMJ Global Health
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease kiler, affecting the most vulnerable, including refugees and migrants. Their vulnerability is intensified by structural and social barriers that hinder diagnosis and treatment and ...
Kerri Viney, Tereza Kasaeva, Allen Gidraf Kahindo Maina, Hannah Monica Dias, Farai Mavhunga, Martin van den Boom, Santino Severoni, Josette Najjar-Pellet, Diana Abou Ismail, Sanaa T Al-Harahsheh, Poonam Dhavan   +10 more
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Health challenges in South African automotive companies: Wellness in the workplace

SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 2015
Orientation: In South Africa, workplace programmes in the automotive industry focus predominantly on occupational health and safety and HIV and AIDS. The implementation of focused workplace interventions might be hampered when companies are not convinced
Anna Meyer-Weitz, Friederike Baasner-Weihs, Martin Weihs   +2 more
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Autoimmune Encephalitis in Acute Care—Pathology, Diagnosis, and Management

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) is characterized by immune‐mediated inflammation of the brain parenchyma, presenting with various neurological syndromes, including but not limited to seizures, altered consciousness, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and movement disorders.
Suneesh Thilak, David Okoh, William Scotton, Shanika Samarasekera, Vikram Patil, Suresh Renukappa, Andrew Macduff, Subashini Suresh, Rajeev Krishnadas, Tonny Veenith   +9 more
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STI in times of PrEP: high prevalence of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and mycoplasma at different anatomic sites in men who have sex with men in Germany

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionally affected by sexually transmitted infections (STI). STI are often extragenital and asymptomatic. Both can delay diagnosis and treatment. Approval of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) might
Klaus Jansen, Gyde Steffen, Anja Potthoff, Ann-Kathrin Schuppe, Daniel Beer, Heiko Jessen, Stefan Scholten, Petra Spornraft-Ragaller, Viviane Bremer, Carsten Tiemann, MSM Screening Study group   +10 more
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A Keratinocyte‐Mast Cell NF‐κB2/CXCL2/IL‐6 Amplification Loop Enhances Cutaneous Antifungal Defense Against C. albicans

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mast cells (MCs), key innate immune sentinels at the host–environment interface, serve as primary responders to invading pathogens. However, their specific contribution to host defense against cutaneous Candida albicans (C. albicans) infection and their synergy with other immune and non‐immune cells remain poorly understood. Here, we show that
Yan Yuan, Manyun Mao, Jiaan Zhang, Zhimin Duan, JiaNing Wang, Yujie Chen, Sihan Chen, Chuting Liang, Xvyue Zhou, Songmei Geng, Min Li, Xu Chen, Ni Lian   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

HIV and injection drug use [PDF]

Fast facts:\ue2\u20ac\ua2 HIV infections due to injection drug use have declined, but injecting drugs remains a significant risk.\ue2\u20ac\ua2 Sharing syringes is a direct route of HIV transmission.\ue2\u20ac\ua2 In one study, two out of five people who

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Use of traditional medicines in the management of HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Tanzania: a case in the Bukoba rural district

, 2007
Kisangau DP, Lyaruu HVM, Hosea KM, Joseph CC. Use of traditional medicines in the management of HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Tanzania: a case in the Bukoba rural district. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine.
Joseph, Cosam C, Joseph Cosam C, Kisangau Daniel P, Lyaruu, Herbert V. M., Hosea, Ken M., Hosea, Ken M, Lyaruu, Herbert V M, Kisangau, Daniel Patrick, Lyaruu Herbert VM, Joseph, Cosam C., Kisangau, Daniel P, Hosea Ken M   +11 more
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The HIV-1 Subtype C Epidemic in South America Is Linked to the United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2010
Background: The global spread of HIV-1 has been accompanied by the emergence of genetically distinct viral strains. Over the past two decades subtype C viruses, which predominate in Southern and Eastern Africa, have spread rapidly throughout parts of ...
Gifford, RJ, Gifford Robert J., Pillay Deenan, Pillay, D, Tulio de Oliveira, UK Collaborative Grp HIV Drug Resi, Robert J Gifford, Deenan Pillay, de Oliveira, T, UK Collaborative Group on HIV Drug Resistance, de Oliveira Tulio   +10 more
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High rate of loss to clinical follow up among African HIV‐infected patients attending a London clinic: a retrospective analysis of a clinical cohort

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2010
Background Long‐term regular clinic follow up is an important component of HIV care. We determined the frequency and characteristics of HIV‐infected patients lost to follow up from a London HIV clinic, and factors associated with loss to all HIV follow ...
Sarah M Gerver, Tim R Chadborn, Fowzia Ibrahim, Bela Vatsa, Valerie C Delpech, Philippa J Easterbrook   +5 more
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