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Methotrexate and Adalimumab Decrease the Serum Levels of Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers (VCAM-1 and E-Selectin) in Plaque Psoriasis

Medicina, 2020
Background and objectives: The shared pathogenesis of psoriasis and atherosclerosis may be determined by assaying the levels of endothelial activation molecules.
Natalia Zdanowska, Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek, Joanna Czerwińska, Jacek J. Nowakowski, Anna Kozera-Żywczyk, Witold Owczarek, Wojciech Zdanowski, Waldemar Placek   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence estimates of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Belgium: results from two cross-sectional studies

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia) is the most diagnosed sexually transmitted infection in Belgium. Screening programs focus on young women, due to the implications of chronic asymptomatic infections for reproductive health.
Natalie Fischer, Ilse Peeters, Sofieke Klamer, Marion Montourcy, Vicky Cuylaerts, Dominique Van Beckhoven, Irith De Baetselier, Johan Van der Heyden, Wim Vanden Berghe   +8 more
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A brief review of the estimated economic burden of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States: inflation-adjusted updates of previously published cost studies.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2011
We conducted a literature review of studies of the economic burden of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. The annual direct medical cost of sexually transmitted diseases (including human immunodeficiency virus) has been estimated to be ...
H. Chesson, T. Gift, K. Owusu-Edusei, G. Tao, Ana P Johnson, C. Kent   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Histochemical indications for a chemically complex signal produced by the cervical gill slit gland of the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) possesses an exocrine gland associated with its false gill slit pigmentation pattern. The cervical gill slit gland is a compound tubuloalveolar gland that produces a holocrine secretion and displays maturational changes in size and secretory histology. While the morphology of the cervical gill slit gland
Tiffany F. Keenan, William A. McLellan, Sentiel A. Rommel, Alexander M. Costidis, Craig A. Harms, J. G. M. Thewissen, Susan J. Rehorek, David S. Rotstein, Mark D. Gay, Alison R. Taylor, Heather N. Koopman, Ying Wang, Stephanie Kamel, D. Ann Pabst   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimate of the reproduction number of the 2015 Zika virus outbreak in Barranquilla, Colombia, and estimation of the relative role of sexual transmission [PDF]

Epidemics 17 (2016) 50-55, 2016
Background: In 2015, the Zika arbovirus (ZIKV) began circulating in the Americas, rapidly expanding its global geographic range in explosive outbreaks. Unusual among mosquito-borne diseases, ZIKV has been shown to also be sexually transmitted, although sustained autochthonous transmission due to sexual transmission alone has not been observed ...
arxiv  

A real-life study of the positive response to DAA-based therapies for hepatitis C in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
A retrospective cohort of 11,308 chronic hepatitis C infected patients treated with regimens that included Sofosbuvir (SOF), Daclatasvir (DCV), Simeprevir (SMV), or an association of Ombitasvir, Veruprevir/Ritonavir and Dasabuvir (3D) with or without ...
Simone Monzani Vivaldini, Rachel Abraão Ribeiro, Gláucio Mosimann Júnior, Karen Cristine Tonini, Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo   +5 more
doaj  

The history of anatomical engagement

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The public's fascination with anatomy has evolved over time and progressed from avoidance of the tainted yet saintly corpse, to their fascination with cabinets of curiosities. The current narrative review explores public engagement (PE), from its potential origins as cave paintings, to the rise of the disciplinarity of anatomy.
Quenton Wessels, Adam M. Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Some Models for Epidemics of Vector-Transmitted Diseases [PDF]

arXiv, 2016
Vector-transmitted diseases such as dengue fever and chikungunya have been spreading rapidly in many parts of the world. The Zika virus has been known since 1947 and invaded South America in 2013. It can be transmitted not only by (mosquito) vectors but also directly through sexual contact.
arxiv  

Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis among people living with HIV in Bangui: A cohort study

Public Health in Practice, 2022
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the incidence and risk factors of tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Methods: A cohort study was carried out in an HIV infection management centre in Bangui. PLHIV aged 18 or
Jean De Dieu Longo, Sylvain Honoré Woromogo, Henri Saint-Calvaire Diemer, Gaspard Tékpa, Laurent Belec, Gérard Grésenguet   +5 more
doaj  

Toward information resilience: Applying intersectionality to the HIV/AIDS information practices of Black sexual minority men

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Using intersectionality as a critical theoretical framework and analytical tool, this study investigated the HIV/AIDS information practices of Black sexual minority men (SMM). Twenty‐two Black SMM were interviewed about their HIV/AIDS‐related information practices.
Megan Threats
wiley   +1 more source