Initiating pre-exposure prophylaxis
The Nurse Practitioner, 2021 Abstract: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV preventive service and treatment that is continuing to evolve. With the availability of in-house lab screenings and simplified testing protocols, primary care providers are in a unique position to initiate and provide the added layer of HIV protection for their patients.
Yeow Chye, Ng, Jack J, Mayeux
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Supporting Access to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a Shifting Financial and Insurance Landscape
AJPM FocusIntroduction: Implementing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in the U.S. is critical to decreasing HIV transmission. However, regional disparities in pre-exposure prophylaxis use exist, with the southern U.S.
Connor Eichenwald, MD, MPH +6 more
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Longitudinal cohort of HIV-negative transgender women of colour in New York City: protocol for the TURNNT ('Trying to Understand Relationships, Networks and Neighbourhoods among Transgender women of colour') study. [PDF]
, 2020 IntroductionIn the USA, transgender women are among the most vulnerable to HIV. In particular, transgender women of colour face high rates of infection and low uptake of important HIV prevention tools, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
Bluebond-Langner, Rachel +20 more
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Trends in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use in eight Canadian provinces, 2014–2018
Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021 Introduction: Canada has endorsed the Joint United National Programme on HIV and AIDS global targets to end the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, including reducing new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections to zero, by 2030 ...
Qiuying Yang, Chris Archibald
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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 +6 more
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Prescribing pre-exposure prophylaxis in general practice
Australian Journal of General Practice, 2021 Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective method of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention available to prescribe on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme general schedule.The aim of this article is to provide information and guidance to general practitioners (GPs) and other healthcare providers on providing PrEP, and to discuss ...
Osama, Bhatti +3 more
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Factors associated with university students’ knowledge about HIV and preand post-exposure prophylaxis [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de EnfermagemObjectives: 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 +7 more
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Studying the effect of chloroquine on sporozoite-induced protection and immune responses in Plasmodium berghei malaria [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND Sporozoite immunization of animals and humans under a chemo-prophylactic cover of chloroquine (CPS-CQ) efficiently induces sterile protection against malaria.
Bijker, Else M +5 more
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection: a new prevention paradigm? [PDF]
Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2016 Pre-exposure prophylaxis” (PrEP) has been recently developed as a prevention strategy which involves the administration of drugs to non-infected individuals who present high exposure or susceptibility to HIV.
Javier Sánchez-Rubio Ferrández +1 more
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The Role of Calcitonin Gene‐Related Peptide in High‐Altitude Headache: A Prospective Field Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective High‐altitude headache (HAH) is a common neurological condition associated with rapid ascent to high altitude. The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying HAH remain incompletely understood. Calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP), a neuropeptide implicated in migraine pathophysiology, may play a key role in the pathophysiology of ...
Roman Schniepp +4 more
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