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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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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic Visits

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2020
During COVID-19 pandemic, access to services at a major sexually transmitted infections clinic significantly decreased. It is critical to implement novel approaches to maintain sexually transmitted infection services during COVID-19. Abstract Coronavirus
J. Tao, Siena Napoleon, Michaela A. Maynard, Alexi A Almonte, Elizabeth S. Silva, Emily Toma, C. Chu, Kevin Cormier, Sabrina H. Strong, P. Chan   +9 more
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Detection and molecular characterization of urinary tract HIV-1 populations

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2019
Background Identification of all possible HIV reservoirs is an important aspect in HIV eradication efforts. The urinary tract has however not been well studied as a potential HIV reservoir.
M. L. Mzingwane, G. Hunt, R. Lassauniere, M. Kalimashe, A. Bongwe, J. Ledwaba, R. E. Chaisson, N. Martinson, K. Richter, S. M. Bowyer, C. T. Tiemessen   +10 more
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Interaction, Pair Formation and Force of Infection Terms in Sexually Transmitted Diseases [PDF]

, 1989
15 pages, 1 article*Interaction, Pair Formation and Force of Infection Terms in Sexually Transmitted Diseases* (Busenberg, Stavros; Castillo-Chavez, Carlos) 15 ...
Busenberg, Stavros, Castillo-Chavez, Carlos, Cornell University. Biometrics Unit., Cornell University. Dept. of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology., Cornell University. Dept. of Biometrics.   +4 more
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Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnoses and Access to a Sexual Health Service Before and After the National Lockdown for COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia

Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background We aimed to examine the impact of lockdown on sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnoses and access to a public sexual health service during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Melbourne, Australia.
E. Chow, J. Hocking, J. Ong, T. Phillips, C. Fairley   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
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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
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Capillary-based multiplexed isothermal nucleic acid-based test for sexually transmitted diseases in patients [PDF]

, 2016
We demonstrate a multiplexed loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for infectious disease diagnostics, where the analytical process flow of target pathogens genomic DNA is performed manually by moving magnetic beads through a series of ...
Cooper, Jonathan M., Reboud, Julien, Xu, Gaolian, Zhao, Hang   +3 more
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Rapid ultrasonic isothermal amplification of DNA with multiplexed melting analysis – applications in the clinical diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases.

Chemical Communications, 2015
We describe a nucleic acid testing (NAT) platform for infectious disease diagnostics at the point-of-care, using surface acoustic waves (SAW) to perform a multiplexed loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) test for sexually transmitted diseases ...
Gaolian Xu, R. Gunson, J. M. Cooper, J. Reboud   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Can Condoms Be Compelling? Examining the State Interest in Confiscating Condoms from Suspected Sex Workers [PDF]

, 2013
Confiscating condoms from suspected sex workers leaves them at risk for HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancy. Yet, police officers in New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles collect condoms from sex workers to use ...
Newcomer, Meghan
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