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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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Analysis of factors associated with dropping-out from HIV antiretroviral therapy in Kunming City, China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background The implementation of national antiretroviral therapy (ART) and expanded ART policies results in that more and more HIV-infected patients receive ART in Kunming, Yunnan province, China.
Bin Liao, Xiao-Wen Zhang, Jing-Ying Wang, Jun Liu, Jun Liang, Wen-Jie He, Biao Hong, Yi Li   +7 more
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Modeling the impact of changing sexual behaviors with opposite-sex partners and STI testing among women and men ages 15–44 on STI diagnosis rates in the United States 2012–2019

Infectious Disease Modelling, 2023
Objective: To estimate the potential contributions of reported changes in frequency of penile-vaginal sex (PVS), condom use and STI screening to changes in gonorrhea and chlamydial diagnoses from 2012 to 2019.
Deven T. Hamilton, David A. Katz, Laura T. Haderxhanaj, Casey E. Copen, Ian H. Spicknall, Matthew Hogben   +5 more
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Case of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease with atypical manifestation

General Psychiatry, 2021
Short-term memory decline is the typical clinical manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, early-onset AD usually has atypical symptoms and may get misdiagnosed.
Lin Zhu, Limin Sun
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Lidocaine Reducing Pain from Benzathine Penicillin Injection: A Controlled Trial

Siriraj Medical Journal, 2022
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is an event that alarms medical personnel owing to its adverse effects, including heightened morbidity and mortality rates, prolonged recovery times, and increased lengths of hospital stay and healthcare ...
Sukhum Jiamton, Nuttagarn Jantanapornchai, Ya-Nin Nokdhes, Poramin Patthamalai, Ploypailin Tantrapornpong, Yanisorn Nanchaipruek, Pichaya Limpoka   +6 more
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Conquering sexually transmitted diseases [PDF]

Nature Reviews Immunology, 2008
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a major public-health problem and also a significant financial burden on the economy. Past and ongoing attempts to create vaccines against sexually transmitted pathogens have met with varying success. This article highlights some of the public-health and social problems that are associated with STDs and the ...
Michael N, Starnbach, Nadia R, Roan
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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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History of the Diagnosis of a Sexually Transmitted Disease is Linked to Normal Variation in Personality Traits [PDF]

, 2012
Introduction. Stable individual differences in personality traits have well-documented associations with various aspects of health. One of the health outcomes that directly depends on people's behavioral choices, and may therefore be linked to ...
Allik, Andres Metspalu, Anu Realo, Bjekic, Bogg, Connolly, Conrod, Costa, De Fruyt, De Genna, Deary, Distel, Ericksen, Fenton, Fenton, Goodwin, Hagger‐Johnson, Hagger‐Johnson, Harned, Hill, Hoyle, Jüri Allik, Kallasmaa, Kendler, Laisaar, Lykken, Malouff, Marrazzo, McCrae, McCrae, Mõttus, O'Connor, O'Connor, René Mõttus, Riemann, Roberts, Schmitt, Schmitt, Sherman, Sutin, Terracciano, Trobst, Tõnu Esko   +42 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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