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Tuberculosis in HIV-negative and HIV-infected patients in a low-incidence country: clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: In Switzerland and other developed countries, the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases has been decreasing for decades, but HIV-infected patients and migrants remain risk groups.
Thomas Bodmer, Gagneux, Sebastien, Bodmer, Thomas, Swiss HIV Cohort and Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Study Groups, Schrenzel, J., Bottger, E. C., Schrenzel Jacques, Jean-Paul Janssens (174301), Cavassini Matthias, Matthias Egger, Enos Bernasconi (174329), Jacques Schrenzel, Egger, M., Böttger Erik C., Schrenzel, Jacques, Matthias Egger (24558), Böttger, E.C., Jan Fehr (174310), Fehr Jan, Janssens, J. P., Bodmer Thomas, Bernasconi, E., Gagneux, S., Fenner, Lukas, Egger, Matthias, Enos Bernasconi, Egger Matthias, Hoffmann, Matthias, Erik C. Böttger (174343), Cavassini, M., Matthias Hoffmann, Jacques Schrenzel (22586), Janssens, J.P., Böttger, Erik C, Helbling, Peter, Matthias Cavassini (146654), Gagneux Sebastien, Fenner, L., Matthias Hoffmann (174320), Peter Helbling (174346), Helbling, P., Bernasconi, Enos, Jan Fehr, Erik C Böttger, Thomas Bodmer (174337), Lukas Fenner, Fenner Lukas, Fehr, Jan, for the Swiss HIV Cohort and Molecular Epidemiology of Tuberculo,, Janssens, Jean-Paul, Helbling Peter, Bernasconi Enos, Sebastien Gagneux (149824), Janssens Jean-Paul, Hoffmann, M., Hoffmann Matthias, Sebastien Gagneux, Peter Helbling, Lukas Fenner (149822), Jean-Paul Janssens, Fehr, J., Cavassini, Matthias, Bodmer, T., Matthias Cavassini   +63 more
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Street-based adolescents at high risk of HIV in Ukraine. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Ukraine has the highest HIV prevalence in Europe, with young people disproportionately represented among populations at high risk. One particularly vulnerable group comprises adolescents who live or work on the streets.
O. Sakovych, Bondar, Tatiana V, C. Meynell, Busza, Joanna R, Balakireva, Olga M, A. Teltschik, T. V. Bondar, O. M. Balakireva, Meynell, Clea, Sakovych, Olena, J. R. Busza, Sereda, Yuliya V, Y. V. Sereda, Teltschik, Anja   +13 more
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HIV transmission risk through anal intercourse: systematic review, meta-analysis and implications for HIV prevention. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectiousness of anal intercourse (AI) has not been systematically reviewed, despite its role driving HIV epidemics among men who have sex with men (MSM) and its potential contribution to heterosexual ...
Marie-Claude Boily, White, Richard G, White, RG, Richard G White, Baggaley, RF, Boily, Marie-Claude, Baggaley, Rebecca F, Boily, M-C, Rebecca F Baggaley, Baggaley, Rebecca Frances   +9 more
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HIV Prevention in Care and Treatment Settings: Baseline Risk Behaviors among HIV Patients in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
HIV care and treatment settings provide an opportunity to reach people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) with prevention messages and services. Population-based surveys in sub-Saharan Africa have identified HIV risk behaviors among PLHIV, yet data are limited
Andrea Howard, Marta Ackers, Andrea Howard (381857), Arthur, Gilly, Frieda Katuta, Medley, Amy, Pals, Sherri, Sheriff, Muhsin, Gilly Arthur (381861), Geoffrey Somi, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha Harriet, Katuta, Frieda, Sherri Pals, Amy Medley (381855), Geoffrey Somi (381863), Kidder Daniel P., Cherutich, Peter, Pam Bachanas (381854), Bachanas Pam, Daniel P. Kidder, Somi, Geoffrey, Medley Amy, Peter Cherutich (125888), Howard, Andrea A., Deluca, Nick, Pals Sherri, Bachanas, Pam, Sheriff Muhsin, Mbatia, Redempta, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Harriet, Kidder, Daniel P, DeLuca Nick, Muhsin Sheriff, Mbatia Redempta, Arthur Gilly, Somi Geoffrey, Pam Bachanas, Redempta Mbatia (381859), Peter Cherutich, Redempta Mbatia, Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha (164669), Ackers Marta, Gilly Arthur, Marta Ackers (300464), Amy Medley, Cherutich Peter, Daniel P Kidder, Katuta Frieda, Nick Deluca, Howard, Andrea, Frieda Katuta (381862), Sherri Pals (381856), Kidder, Daniel P., Muhsin Sheriff (381860), Howard Andrea, Ackers, Marta, Daniel P. Kidder (381853), Harriet Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, PwP Evaluation Study team, Nick DeLuca (381858)   +59 more
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“Islands of Risk”: Subgroups of Adolescents at Risk for HIV [PDF]

Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2005
To use cluster analysis to determine profiles of adolescents at risk for HIV.Adolescents 15-21 years old (N = 1153) with a history of unprotected sex were assessed in five domains of risk (unprotected sex, alcohol/marijuana use, other drug use, mental health crises, and arrest/school dropout) as well as demographic, contextual, and behavioral variables.
Houck, Christopher D, Lescano, Celia M, Brown, Larry K, Tolou-Shams, Marina, Thompson, Jonathon, DiClemente, Ralph, Fernandez, Maria I, Pugatch, David, Schlenger, William E, Silver, Barbara J, Project Shield Study Group   +10 more
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Reward, attention, and HIV-related risk in HIV+ individuals [PDF]

Neurobiology of Disease, 2016
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is often contracted through engaging in risky reward-motivated behaviors such as needle sharing and unprotected sex. Understanding the factors that make an individual more vulnerable to succumbing to the temptation to engage in these risky behaviors is important to limiting the spread of HIV.
Brian A. Anderson, Sharif I. Kronemer, Jessica J. Rilee, Ned Sacktor, Cherie L. Marvel   +4 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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Determining HIV risk for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in relationships with “Blessers” and age-disparate partners: a cross-sectional survey in four districts in South Africa

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) remains high, with their male partners a prominent factor in sustaining these elevated rates.
Gavin George, Sean Beckett, Tarylee Reddy, Kaymarlin Govender, Cherie Cawood, David Khanyile, Ayesha B. M. Kharsany   +6 more
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Silence, assent and HIV risk

Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2008
Based on interviews with 34 men, almost all of whom have unprotected sex with men most or all of the time, this paper documents the interactional process, narrative elements and meaning construction in situations of 'bareback' sex. Narratives show the differentiated cultural capital circulating among distinct circuits of gay and bisexual men that ...
Barry D, Adam, Winston, Husbands, James, Murray, John, Maxwell   +3 more
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Resurgence of HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Switzerland : mathematical modelling study [PDF]

, 2012
New HIV infections in men who have sex with men (MSM) have increased in Switzerland since 2000 despite combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). The objectives of this mathematical modelling study were: to describe the dynamics of the HIV epidemic in ...
Steven Derendinger (134735), Swiss HIV, Cohort Study, Glass, T. R., Fraser, C., Steven Derendinger, Christophe Fraser (7754), Vernazza, P., Frank de Wolf, Ard van Sighem (134719), Beatriz Vidondo (134721), Martin Gebhardt, Swiss HIV Cohort Study, Beatriz Vidondo, de Wolf Frank, Derendinger Steven, van Sighem, Ard, Jeannin André, Vernazza Pietro, Heiner C Bucher, Low, N., Martin Gebhardt (134732), Nicola Low (62560), Vidondo, B., Derendinger, Steven, Pietro Vernazza (82546), De Wolf, F., Bucher, Heiner C., Bezemer, D., Tracy R. Glass (134725), Bezemer, Daniela, Jeannin, André, Gebhardt, Martin, Bucher Heiner C., Tracy R Glass, de Wolf, Frank, Vidondo, Beatriz, Heiner C. Bucher (134728), Christophe Fraser, Jeannin, A., Daniela Bezemer, Gebhardt Martin, Bezemer Daniela, Bucher, H. C., Glass, Tracy R., Pietro Vernazza, Low Nicola, van Sighem Ard, André Jeannin, Daniela Bezemer (134739), Nicola Low, Glass Tracy R., Fraser, Christophe, Derendinger, S., Vidondo Beatriz, Ard van Sighem, Gebhardt, M., André Jeannin (134737), Frank de Wolf (89583), Fraser Christophe, Vernazza, Pietro, Low, Nicola, Van Sighem, A.   +61 more
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