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Hepatitis B Vaccination, Screening, and Linkage to Care [PDF]

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2018
Winston E, Abara, Amir, Qaseem, Sarah, Schillie, Brian J, McMahon, Aaron M, Harris   +4 more
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Uptake of HIV/AIDS Services Following a Positive Self-Test Is Lower in Men Than Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
As far as HIV self-testing (HIVST) is concerned, proving the link to HIV care for users with a positive result contributes to understanding the implementation of HIVST.
Serge Tonen-Wolyec, Serge Tonen-Wolyec, Serge Tonen-Wolyec, Charles Kayembe Tshilumba, Salomon Batina-Agasa, Alliance Tagoto Tepungipame, Laurent Bélec   +6 more
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Markov modeling in hepatitis B screening and linkage to care [PDF]

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, 2017
With up to 240 million people chronically infected with hepatitis B worldwide, including an estimated 2 million in the United States, widespread screening is needed to link the infected to care and decrease the possible consequences of untreated infection, including liver cancer, cirrhosis and death.
Sehr, Martin A, Joshi, Kartik D, Fontanesi, John M, Wong, Robert J, Bitmead, Robert R, Gish, Robert G   +5 more
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Hepatitis B virus screening in Asian immigrants: Community‐based campaign to increase screening and linkage to care: A cross‐sectional study

Health Science Reports, 2023
Background and Aims Despite established screening guidelines, many Asian immigrants remain unscreened. Furthermore, those with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) are not linked to care citing multiple barriers.
Aziza Win, Scott King, Gregory Wu, Steve Kwon   +3 more
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Linkage to Care for Suburban Heroin Users with Hepatitis C Virus Infection, New Jersey, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
We identified a 41.4% prevalence of hepatitis C virus, absence of HIV, and unexpectedly high frequency of hepatitis C virus genotype 3 among suburban New Jersey heroin users 17–35 years of age during 2014–2015.
Eda Akyar, Kathleen H. Seneca, Serra Akyar, Neal Schofield, Mark P. Schwartz, Ronald G. Nahass   +5 more
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Location of HIV Diagnosis Impacts Linkage to Medical Care [PDF]

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2015
: We evaluated 1359 adults newly diagnosed with HIV in Philadelphia in 2010-2011 to determine if diagnosis site (medical clinic, inpatient setting, counseling and testing center (CTC), and correctional facility) impacted time to linkage to care (difference between date of diagnosis and first CD4/viral load).
Baligh R, Yehia, Elizabeth, Ketner, Florence, Momplaisir, Alisa J, Stephens-Shields, Nadia, Dowshen, Michael G, Eberhart, Kathleen A, Brady   +6 more
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Types and delivery of emotional support to promote linkage and engagement in HIV care

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2017
Christa L Cook,1 Shantrel Canidate,2 Nicole Ennis,3 Robert L Cook4 1Department of Family, Community, and Health System Science, College of Nursing, 2Social and Behavioral Science, College of Public Health and Health Profession, 3Department of Clinical ...
Cook CL, Canidate S, Ennis N, Cook RL
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REVIRAL: roadmap for the elimination of viral hepatitis in Latin America

Frontiers in Public Health
The REVIRAL project proposes a comprehensive and tailored strategy for the elimination of viral hepatitis in Latin America, drawing inspiration from successful models in other countries.
Javier Crespo, Javier Crespo, Javier Crespo, Joaquín Cabezas, Joaquín Cabezas, Graciela Castro-Narro, Hugo Cheinquer, Fernando Contreras, Nelia Hernandez, Christie Perelló, Christie Perelló, Christie Perelló, Ezequiel Ridruejo, José Luís Calleja, José Luís Calleja, José Luís Calleja   +15 more
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Record Linkage of Health Care Insurance Claims [PDF]

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2001
Limitations of current record linkage techniques include difficulty in handling large and heterogeneous data sets, low sensitivity in deterministic matching, the necessity to provide a priori weights for probabilistic matching, low computational efficiency, and complex software.
Timothy W. Victor, Robertino M. Mera
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Access to HIV care in the context of universal test and treat: challenges within the ANRS 12249 TasP cluster‐randomized trial in rural South Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2016
Introduction We aimed to quantify and identify associated factors of linkage to HIV care following home‐based HIV counselling and testing (HBHCT) in the ongoing ANRS 12249 treatment‐as‐prevention (TasP) cluster‐randomized trial in rural KwaZulu‐Natal ...
Mélanie Plazy, Kamal El Farouki, Collins Iwuji, Nonhlanhla Okesola, Joanna Orne‐Gliemann, Joseph Larmarange, France Lert, Marie‐Louise Newell, François Dabis, Rosemary Dray‐Spira, for the Anrs 12249 Tasp Study Group   +10 more
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