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People who inject drugs in Bangladesh — The untold burden!

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
The rates of both HIV and HCV are exploding among the People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) subpopulation in the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 5,586 HIV confirmed cases have been reported since the first case of HIV was identified in 1989, of which, 865 new cases (15.5%) have been reported in the year 2017 alone.
Khan, SI, Reza, MM, Crowe, SM, Rahman, M, Hellard, M, Sarker, MS, Chowdhury, EI, Rana, AKMM, Sacks-Davis, R, Banu, S, Ross, AG   +10 more
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Dapagliflozin prevents methylglyoxal‐induced retinal cell death in ARPE‐19 cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Diabetic macular oedema is a diabetes complication of the eye, which may lead to permanent blindness. ARPE‐19 are human retinal cells used to study retinal diseases and potential therapeutics. Methylglyoxal is a compound increased in uncontrolled diabetes due to elevated blood glucose.
Naina Trivedi, Zainab Quraishi, Shima Khezri Azizi Far, Madaleine Ward, Aidan Conway, Reem Abdulredha, Eman Mshari, Yousif A. Shamsaldeen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

HIV Epidemics in the European Region: Vulnerability and Response [PDF]

, 2015
This report provides a systematic review of the evidence on HIV vulnerability and response in all 53 countries of the WHO European Region, stretching from Iceland to the borders of China.
Hickson, F, Hope, V, Jolley, E, Latypov, A, Platt, L, Reynolds, L, Rhodes, T, Vickerman, P   +7 more
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Non-injection Drug Use and Injection Initiation Assistance among People Who Inject Drugs in Tijuana, Mexico [PDF]

Journal of Urban Health, 2017
Although most people who inject drugs (PWID) report receiving assistance during injection initiation events, little research has focused on risk factors among PWID for providing injection initiation assistance. We therefore sought to determine the influence of non-injection drug use among PWID on their risk to initiate others.
Ben Hamida, Amen, Rafful, Claudia, Jain, Sonia, Sun, Shelly, Gonzalez-Zuniga, Patricia, Rangel, Gudelia, Strathdee, Steffanie A, Werb, Dan   +7 more
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Applying an Ethical Lens to the Treatment of People With Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The practice of neurology requires an understanding of clinical ethics for decision‐making. In multiple sclerosis (MS) care, there are a wide range of ethical considerations that may arise. These involve shared decision‐making around selection of a disease‐modifying therapy (DMT), risks and benefits of well‐studied medications in comparison to
Methma Udawatta, Farrah J. Mateen
wiley   +1 more source

FDG‐PET Associations With Disease Severity and Outcomes in NMDA‐Receptor IgG Autoimmune Encephalitis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Patients with N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate (NMDA) receptor‐immunoglobulin G (IgG) autoimmune encephalitis (NMDAR‐IgG AE) demonstrate occipital lobe hypometabolism on baseline brain fluorodeoxyglucose‐positron emission tomography (bFDG‐PET).
Jonathan K. Lee, Jeffrey Lambe, Scott Johnson, Akua Abrah, Jennifer Bullen, Jeffrey A. Cohen, Tatchaporn Ongphichetmetha, Amy Kunchok   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is PEPFAR Funding for Key Populations Aligned with the Epidemiologic Burden? [PDF]

, 2016
Key populations (KPs)—gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM); people who inject drugs (PWID), female sex workers (FSW); and transgender people (TG)—are at significantly higher risk for HIV, face a higher burden of disease, have less ...

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Preferences for post‐traumatic osteoarthritis prevention strategies in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament injury

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objectives There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent post‐traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury.
Kevin Kennedy, Lily Waddell, Adam Easterbrook, Jeffrey N. Katz, Cale Jacobs, Morgan Jones, Faith Selzer, Elena Losina, Liana Fraenkel, Nick Bansback   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Patients’ Profiles Associated With the Resolution of Acute Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis Treated With Colchicine and Prednisone: Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective was to identify factors determining acute arthritis resolution and safety with colchicine and prednisone in acute calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal arthritis. Methods We conducted a post hoc analysis of the COLCHICORT trial, which compared colchicine and prednisone for the treatment of acute CPP crystal arthritis, using a ...
Tristan Pascart, Laurène Norberciak, Pascal Richette, Pierre Robinet, Aurore Pacaud, Gauthier Marchasson, Thibault Rabin, Hélène Luraschi, Pierre Maciejasz, Anne‐France Georgel, Augustin Latourte, Hang‐Korng Ea, Sébastien Ottaviani, Charlotte Jauffret, Vincent Ducoulombier   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

HCV epidemiology in high-risk groups and the risk of reinfection [PDF]

, 2016
Injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs (PWID) and high-risk sexual practices among men who have sex with men (MSM) are important routes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission.
Dalgard, Olav, Lo Re III, Vincent, Macias, Juan, Midgard, Havard, Palmateer, Norah, Pineda, Juan A., Weir, Amanda   +6 more
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