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Mapping the spatial distribution and characteristics of HIV seropositivity among women in Ethiopia. A spatial analysis [PDF]

Global Epidemiology
Background: Although promising effort has been made so far, HIV remains a public health concern. Women in Ethiopia are disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for a majority of new infections and HIV -related deaths.
Tegene Atamenta kitaw, Amanuel Tadesse Koyas, Bruktawite Afework Tekle, Ribka Nigatu Haile   +3 more
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Geospatial pattern of HIV seropositivity and its predictors among women in Ethiopia. A spatial and multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
BackgroundAlthough promising efforts have been made so far, HIV remains a public health concern. Women in Ethiopia are disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for a majority of new infections and AIDS-related deaths.
Tegene Atamenta Kitaw, Biruk Beletew Abate, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Ribka Nigatu Haile   +3 more
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Implementation of blanket provider-initiated testing and counselling: Predictors of HIV seropositivity among infants, children and adolescents in Cameroon [PDF]

Public Health in Practice, 2020
Objectives: The number needed to test (NNT) to identify a child infected with HIV remains high in the context of the implementation of the blanket provider-initiated testing and counselling (bPITC) strategy.
H.A. Yumo, D.N. Nsame, P.B. Kuwoh, M.B. Njabon, I. Sieleunou, J.J.N. Ndenkeh, G. Tene, P. Memiah, C. Kuaban, M. Beissner   +9 more
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Anti-HIV seropositivity was related to HBsAg seropositivity among injecting drug users in Taiwan [PDF]

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
In Taiwan, the number of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection via drug injection has been increasing since 2003. Due to HIV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) having similar transmission routes, HBV and HIV infections among injecting drug ...
Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Chung-Feng Huang, Ming-Lun Yeh, Shu-Chi Wang, Jeng-Fu Yang, Ko Chang, Wei-Ru Lin, Chun-Yu Lin, Tun-Chieh Chen, Jee-Fu Huang, Chia-Yen Dai, Jih-Jin Tsai, Wan-Long Chuang, Ming-Lung Yu   +14 more
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HIV seropositivity, patterns, and clinico-epidemiological profile of sexually transmitted infection patients attending the Suraksha Clinic of a tertiary care public hospital in southern Rajasthan, India—a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The current study aimed to determine the clinical-epidemiological profile, patterns, and HIV seropositivity among STI patients attending the Suraksha Clinic by the National AIDS Control Organization in southern Rajasthan, India.
Shikha Mehta, Rajath Rao, Sharad Mehta, Keerti Singh   +3 more
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Assessment of levels and trends of HIV infections among different subgroup populations of Gujarat State – Prioritization of the districts

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2023
Background: In India, HIV prevalence varies by region and high-risk groups. General population rates have decreased in high prevalence states through HIV Sentinel Surveillance among pregnant women, while low-moderate prevalence states show variable ...
Suchit Kamble, Padum Narayan, Arvind Panndey, Vinita Verma, Chinmoyee Das   +4 more
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Hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users with and without human immunodeficiency virus co-infection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The aim of this study is to explore the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among injection drug users (IDUs) with and without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in southern Taiwan.
Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Jih-Jin Tsai, Ming-Yen Hsieh, Chung-Feng Huang, Ming-Lun Yeh, Jeng-Fu Yang, Ko Chang, Wei-Ru Lin, Chun-Yu Lin, Tun-Chieh Chen, Jee-Fu Huang, Chia-Yen Dai, Ming-Lung Yu, Wan-Long Chuang   +13 more
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A study on prevalence of HIV and its associated risk factors in patients visiting tertiary care center of North India

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: India is home to the second largest population of people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) with an estimated 5.134 million infections.
Astha, Arti Agrawal, Ankita Soni , Neetu Chauhan , Priyanka Sahu , Sanjeev Kumar   +5 more
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A CCL5 Haplotype Is Associated with Low Seropositivity Rate of HCV Infection in People Who Inject Drugs. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
The role of CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) and its ligand CCL5 on the pathogenesis of HIV infection has been well studied but not for HCV infection. Here, we investigated whether CCL5 haplotypes influence HIV and HCV seropositivity among 373 Caucasian ...
Kristi Huik, Radko Avi, Merit Pauskar, Eveli Kallas, Ene-Ly Jõgeda, Tõnis Karki, Kristi Rüütel, Ave Talu, Katri Abel-Ollo, Anneli Uusküla, Andrew Carrillo, Sunil K Ahuja, Weijing He, Irja Lutsar   +13 more
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Demographic and Behavioural Factors in Tanzanian and Norwegian Patients with Sexually Transmitted Infections. [PDF]

, 2006
To evaluate whether differences in demographic or behavioural factors might explain differences in reported or diagnosed sexually transmitted infections (STI), we have compared data from 1097 Tanzanian and Norwegian STI patients.
Chalamila, Guerino, Haarr, Lars, Langeland, Nina, Matre, Roald, Mwakagile, Davis, Nilsen, Arvid   +5 more
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