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Reported sexually transmitted disease clinic attendance and sexually transmitted infections in britain: prevalence, risk factors, and proportionate population burden. [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: We examined attendance at sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics and the prevalence, distribution, and associated demographic and behavioral factors of self-reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a population survey of sexual ...
Byron, Christos L, Copas, Andrew J, Erens, Bob, Fenton, Kevin A, Johnson, Anne M, Macdowall, Wendy, McManus, Sally, Mercer, Catherine H, Nanchahal, Kiran, Wellings, Kaye   +9 more
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STD Services Delivery Arrangements in Georgia County Health Departments [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Uniformity, standardization, and evidence-based public health practice are needed to improve the efficiency and quality of services in local health departments (LHDs).
Angie Peden, Bill Livingood, Gulzar H. Shah, Karmen S. Williams   +3 more
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Lipschutz ulcers: uncommon diagnosis of vulvar ulcerations [PDF]

, 2016
Aetiological diagnosis of genital ulcers is still a challenge in clinical practice. The cause is mostly infectious, but it may otherwise be a presentation of a wide variety of pathologies, such as autoimmune (eg, Behçet’s disease), cancer or ...
Costa, Sara, Guerreiro, Fernando, Mourinha, Vera, Urzal, Cecilia   +3 more
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Is vaccine type seropositivity a marker for human papillomavirus vaccination? National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003–2010

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Objective: Since 2006, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination has been routinely recommended for adolescent females in the USA. The quadrivalent vaccine induces long-term seropositivity to HPV 6/11/16, which may be useful as a marker for HPV vaccine ...
Emiko Y. Petrosky, Susan Hariri, Lauri E. Markowitz, Gitika Panicker, Elizabeth R. Unger, Eileen F. Dunne   +5 more
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Macrolide and fluoroquinolone associated mutations in Mycoplasma genitalium in a retrospective study of male and female patients seeking care at a STI Clinic in Guangzhou, China, 2016-2018

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Antimicrobial resistance in M. genitalium is a growing clinical problem. We investigated the mutations associated with macrolide and fluoroquinolone resistance, two commonly used medical regimens for treatment in China.
Wujian Ke, Dongling Li, Lai Sze Tso, Ran Wei, Yinyuan Lan, Zhengyu Chen, Xiaohui Zhang, Liuyuan Wang, Chunmei Liang, Yuying Liao, Huiru Chen, Yahui Liu, Heping Zheng, Ligang Yang   +13 more
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Forecasting models for leprosy cases: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Leprosy is a neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that mainly affects the skin, the peripheral nerves, the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract and the eyes.
Bruna Oliveira Ascef, Gustavo Laine Araújo de Oliveira, Carmelita Ribeiro Filha Coriolano, Haliton Alves De Oliveira Junior   +3 more
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The cost of promiscuity: sexual transmission of Nosema microsporidian parasites in polyandrous honey bees [PDF]

, 2015
Multiple mating (and insemination) by females with different males, polyandry, is widespread across animals, due to material and/or genetic benefits for females.
AA Ptaszynska, AL Bourgeois, AP Lourenço, B Baer, B Baer, B Baer, BE Traver, BE Traver, BJ Cole, BP Oldroyd, C Alaux, C Yue, DC De Graaf, DR Tarpy, G Arnqvist, HR Mattila, I Fries, J Klee, JJ Boomsma, JL Li, JR de Miranda, KA Palmer, KE Roberts, KE Roberts, L Bourgeois, LW Simmons, M Higes, MA Furst, MD Jennions, ML Taylor, O Otti, P Graystock, P Graystock, P Graystock, RH Crozier, RJ Knell, RJ Paxton, S Sumner, T Chapman, TR Copley, W Wattanachaiyingcharoen, W-F Huang, WD Hamilton, WM Brooks, WOH Hughes, WOH Hughes, WOH Hughes, Y Chen, Y Chen, Y Peng, YP Chen   +50 more
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Obtaining self-samples to diagnose curable sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review of patients' experiences [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Routine screening is key to sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and control. Previous studies suggest that clinic-based screening programmes capture only a small proportion of people with STIs.
Lau, Jason, Llewellyn, Carrie, Mahmud, Mohammad, Paudyal, Priyamvada, Smith, Helen   +4 more
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Comorbidities among adult patients with psoriasis in Tianjin: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Database study

BMJ Open
Objectives This study aims to examine the prevalence of comorbidities in adult patients with psoriasis and compare them with those in control subjects without psoriasis in Tianjin, China.Design The study is a cross-sectionalanalysis.Participants The ...
Quan Zhou, Yan Li, Qian Zhao, Yiming Zhang, Huiping Wang, Yali Guo, Kaiyue Zhang, Liyun Fan, Jingyue Ma, Shuping Hou   +9 more
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The yield of HIV testing during pregnancy and postnatal period, Uganda, 2015–2018: analysis of surveillance data

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2021
Background Uganda has registered a reduction in new HIV infections among children in recent years. However, mother-to-child transmission of HIV still occurs, especially among pregnant women who present late.
Yvette Wibabara, Ivan Lukabwe, Irene Kyamwine, Benon Kwesiga, Alex R. Ario, Linda Nabitaka, Lilian Bulage, Julie Harris, Peter Mudiope   +8 more
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