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Self-Reported Occupational Exposure to HIV and Factors Influencing its Management Practice: A Study of Healthcare Workers in Tumbi and Dodoma Hospitals, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Blood borne infectious agents such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immune deficiency virus (HIV) constitute a major occupational hazard for healthcare workers (HCWs).
Mubyazi, Godfrey M, Hamisi M Malebo, Mashoto, Kijakazi O, Mohamed, Hussein, Kijakazi O Mashoto, Malebo, Hamisi M, Hussein Mohamed, Godfrey M Mubyazi   +7 more
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Attitudes and acceptance of oral and parenteral HIV preexposure prophylaxis among potential user groups: a multinational study. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The use of antiviral medications by HIV negative people to prevent acquisition of HIV or pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has shown promising results in recent trials.
Garnett, Geoffrey P, Piot, PK, Ana Wheelock, Wheelock, A, Gomez Gabriela B., Wheelock, Ana, Gomez, Gabriela B, Geoffrey P Garnett, Eisingerich, Andreas B., Garnett Geoffrey P., Peter K Piot, Dybul Mark R., Mark R. Dybul, Dybul, MR, Gomez, Gabriela B., Dybul, Mark R., Dybul, Mark R, Peter K. Piot, Geoffrey P. Garnett, Gomez, GB, Piot, Peter K, Piot, Peter K., Gabriela B Gomez, Wheelock Ana, Andreas B Eisingerich, Garnett, Geoffrey P., Piot Peter K., Gabriela B. Gomez, Eisingerich, Andreas B, Eisingerich, AB, Garnett, GP, Mark R Dybul, Andreas B. Eisingerich, Eisingerich Andreas B.   +33 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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Knowledge regarding post-exposure prophylaxis amongst nurses in an African context

, 2020
Occupational exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among nurses had been reported to be a major challenge in South African and broader African context.
Lufuno Makhado, Boipelo Seekane
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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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Pertussis post-exposure prophylaxis among household contacts: a cost-utility analysis. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Recent pertussis outbreaks have prompted re-examination of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) strategies, when immunization is not immediately protective.
Crowcroft, Natasha S, Crowcroft Natasha S., Sander Beate, Natasha S Crowcroft, Thampi, Nisha, Nisha Thampi, Gurol-Urganci Ipek, Thampi Nisha, Gurol-Urganci, Ipek, Beate Sander, Ipek Gurol-Urganci, Sander, Beate   +11 more
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The potential effect of improved provision of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in Gavi-eligible countries: a modelling study [PDF]

, 2019
Background Tens of thousands of people die from dog-mediated rabies annually. Deaths can be prevented through post-exposure prophylaxis for people who have been bitten, and the disease eliminated through dog vaccination. Current post-exposure prophylaxis
Knopf, Lea, Ringenier, Moniek, Moyengar, Ronelngar, Bonfoh, Bassirou, Mancy, Rebecca, Ly, Sowath, Cooper, Laura, Hampson, Katie, Trotter, Caroline, Ventura, Francesco, Tarantola, Arnaud, Abela-Ridder, Bernadette, Steenson, Rachel, Tenzin, Tenzin, Oussiguéré, Assandi   +14 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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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
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Occupational infection to Brucella abortus B19 vaccine despite antimicrobial prophylaxis

Medicina, 2021
The authors report the case of a veterinarian who acquired brucellosis infection by accidental exposure to Brucella abortus vaccine (BRUCEL-VET B19) while performing animal vaccination.
Alexandre Sampaio Moura, Letícia Mattos Menezes, Marcelle Amaral de Matos, Cynthya Magalhães Costa, Bruna Arantes Borges   +4 more
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