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Will I? won't I? Why do men who have sex with men present for post-exposure prophylaxis for sexual exposures? [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Failures of post-exposure prophylaxis following sexual exposure (PEPSE) to prevent seroconversion have been reported and are often associated with ongoing risk exposure.
Fisher, M, Llewellyn, Carrie, Nambiar, K, Nixon, E, Perry, N, Richardson, D, Sayer, C   +6 more
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Pattern of Injuries among Dog Bite Victims in an Urban Area of Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease caused by bite of an infected animal, dogs being the most common reservoir of the virus. India accounts about 59.9 % of rabies death in Asia.
Charulatha RJ, Umadevi R, Ananthaeashwar VM   +2 more
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Efficiency and relevance of post-exposure prophylaxis prescription by emergency physicians: a monocentric retrospective study

Panorama of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background : Preventing infection with HIV remains a major public health challenge. Exposed persons are offered support and quick access to the post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) by hospital emergency services.
Xavier Eyer, Youri Yordanoff, Dominique Pateron, Patrick Plaisance, Anthony Chauvin   +4 more
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Negligible risk of inducing resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with single-dose rifampicin as post-exposure prophylaxis for leprosy [PDF]

, 2016
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for leprosy is administered as one single dose of rifampicin (SDR) to the contacts of newly diagnosed leprosy patients. SDR reduces the risk of developing leprosy among contacts by around 60 % in the first 2-3 years after ...
Anthony, Richard, Bratschi, Martin W., Cambau, Emmanuelle, Cavaliero, Arielle, Kasang, Christa, Mieras, Liesbeth, Perera, Geethal, Reichman, Lee, Richardus, Jan Hendrik, Saunderson, Paul, Steinmann, Peter, van Brakel, Wim, van den Broek, Jacques, Yew, Wing Wai   +13 more
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Assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers in Fako Division on post exposure prophylaxis to blood borne viruses: a hospital based cross-sectional study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Accidental exposure to blood and body fluid presents a serious public health concern, especially among healthcare workers (HCW) and constitutes a risk of transmission of blood borne viruses. Infections acquired through occupational exposure
Che Henry Ngwa, Elvis Akwo Ngoh, Samuel Nambile Cumber   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How much do needlestick injuries cost? a systematic review of the economic evaluations of needlestick and sharps injuries among healthcare personnel [PDF]

, 2016
objective. To provide an overview of the economic aspects of needlestick and sharps injury (NSI) management among healthcare personnel (HCP) within a Health Technology Assessment project to evaluate the impact of safety-engineered devices on health ...
Carbonari, Lorenzo, De Carli, Gabriella, DI BARI, Virginia, LA TORRE, Giuseppe, Mannocci, Alice, Nicolotti, Nicola, Puro, Vincenzo, Saulle, Rosella, Unim, BRIGID ANDOUNIMYE   +8 more
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Factors associated with university students’ knowledge about HIV and preand post-exposure prophylaxis [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to analyze the factors associated with university students’ knowledge about HIV and preand post-exposure prophylaxis. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 503 university students from a southern state in Brazil; data were ...
Ana Luísa Serrano Lima, Heitor Hortensi Sesnik, Lucas Vinícius de Lima, Gabriel Pavinati, Maria de Fátima Garcia Lopes Merino, Marcelle Paiano, Nelly Lopes de Moraes Gil, Gabriela Tavares Magnabosco   +7 more
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The history and evolution of the clinical effectiveness of haemophilia type a treatment: a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2012
First evidence of cases of haemophilia dates from ancient Egypt, but it was when Queen Victoria from England in the 19th century transmitted this illness to her descendants, when it became known as the "royal disease".
A Aleem, A Farrugia, A Miners, A Mocroft, AL Dunn, BA Konkle, BL Evatt, BM Feldman, CA Lee, CL Poel Van der, Claudia P. Casas, D Dimichele, D Dimichele, E Berntorp, E Berntorp, E Santagostino, Hector E. Castro, J Astermark, J Goudemand, J Oldenburg, J Stachnik, J Tusell, J Wight, Juan David Rueda, K Porter, L Valentino, L Valentino, LM Aledort, M Carcao, M Carcao, M Depka Von, M Franchini, M Lloyd, M Makris, María Fernanda Briceño, MD Carcao, MV Ragni, P Petrini, PM Mannucci, PM Mannucci, R Prabhu, S Royal, SA Larsson, SC Darby, SC Gouw, T Wong, TL Chorba, VS Blanchette, WK Hoots   +48 more
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High-risk Sexual Behavior is Associated with Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Non-adherence among Men who have Sex with Men Enrolled in a Combination Prevention Intervention. [PDF]

, 2013
Methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men (MSM) is associated with increased HIV prevalence, due to increased engagement in high-risk sexual behavior.
Fletcher, Jesse B, Landovitz, Raphael J, Le, Hung, Reback, Cathy J, Rusow, Joshua A   +4 more
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Latest clinical recommendations on valproate use for migraine prophylaxis in women of childbearing age. Overview from European Medicines Agency and European Headache Federation [PDF]

, 2018
Migraine is a common and burdensome neurological condition which affects mainly female patients during their childbearing years. Valproate has been widely used for the prophylaxis of migraine attacks and is also included in the main European Guidelines ...
Dogne, Jean-Michel, Garcia Burgos, Juan, Girard, Thomas, Martelletti, Paolo, Straus, Sabine, Vatzaki, Efstratia   +5 more
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