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Clinical and epidemiological profile of patients who seek post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual exposure to HIV and their adherence to the medication regimen in a specialized center in Cascavel, Paraná, Brazil

DST, 2019
Introduction: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) is part of a new strategy for the prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus transmission adopted by the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
Vania Orlandi, Dilson Fronza, Douglas Soltau Gomes, Josana Aparecida Dranka Horvath, Winny Hirome Takahashi Yonegura   +4 more
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Enhancing Human Post‐Exposure Rabies Prophylaxis in Canine Rabies Endemic Regions With an Interactive Web Solution

Public Health Challenges
Despite the availability of effective biologics, rabies continues to impact several low‐ and middle‐income countries. More than 50,000 people succumb to rabies every year due to the lack of timely and appropriate post‐bite care.
Aniruddha V. Belsare, Deborah J. Briggs, Gyanendra Gongal, Reeta S. Mani, Charles E. Rupprecht   +4 more
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Emergent informal use of doxycycline post- and pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men and transgender and gender diverse people, the Netherlands, 2024

Eurosurveillance
BACKGROUND Doxycycline post-exposure and pre-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP/PrEP) to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is not part of standard practice in the Netherlands but may be used informally (without prescription).
Vita W Jongen
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Occupational post-exposure HIV prophylaxis.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 2004
HIV and other bloodborne infectious agents, such as hepatitis B or C, can be transmitted to health care workers during occupational exposure. In all occupational exposure incidents proper documentation is essential in order to claim compensation at a later date.
openaire   +2 more sources

Gay community periodic survey: Melbourne 2015 [PDF]

, 2015
This study finds that HIV testing by gay and bisexual men in Melbourne continues to increase. Executive summary The Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited at a range of gay ...
Colin Batrouney, Evelyn Lee, Garrett Prestage, Iryna Zablotska, John de Wit, Limin Mao, Martin holt, Michael West, Tex McKenzie   +8 more
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Psychiatric adverse events in oseltamivir prophylaxis trials: Novel comparative analysis using data obtained from clinical study reports [PDF]

, 2018
Bender, Doshi, Gravenstein, Hayden, Jefferson, Jefferson, Jones, Lineberry, Patel, Peters, Simmonds, Toovey, Welliver   +12 more
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Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis in Routine Practice in View of the New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization Recommendations [PDF]

, 2017
Under real-life conditions rabies post-exposure prophylaxis is often administered in a suboptimal manner. In this study, 6.7% of previously non-immune patients did not develop adequate antibody levels after 4 doses of rabies ...
de Valliere, Serge, Genton, Blaise, Landry, Pierre, Uwanyiligira, Mediatrice   +3 more
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Comparative Efficacy of Pre and Post-Exposure Pro-Phylaxis Using Local Rabies Vaccine by IM Route

TSF Journal of Biology
Rabies is an infectious but preventable disease with proper vaccination. Pre-exposure prophylaxis means using medications or vaccines against a given pathogen in people who have not yet been exposed to the given pathogen. Post-exposure prophylaxis means
Kaneez Fatima, Shahid Nawaz, Firnas Ata Ur Rehman, Muhammd Furqan Shahid, Nadia Mukhtar, Tahir Yaqub   +5 more
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Outcome of Accidental Exposure Prone to Blood Borne Viral Infections in an Educational Hospital

Novelty in Biomedicine, 2016
Background: The risk for transmission of blood-borne viruses (BBVs) such as Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) due to occupational exposure is a major concern in the health care setting.Materials and ...
Shahnaz Sali, Shabnam Tehrani, Sara Abulghasemi   +2 more
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Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis in India: a SWOT analysis. [PDF]

Ther Adv Vaccines Immunother
Pardeshi G, Sharma P, Ittiel A.
europepmc   +1 more source