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Health service utilisation among African migrants in China: a nationwide cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To assess the health utilisation status and associated factors among African migrants in China.Design A national cross-sectional study was conducted among African migrants in China in 2019.Setting Participants were recruited online and offline
Cheng Wang, Peizhen Zhao, Ming Zhou Xiong, Xia Zou, Brian Hall, Honghua Cao   +5 more
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Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2020: sexually transmitted enteric infections [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2021
The sexually transmitted enteric infections topic is one of the chapters of the Clinical Protocol and Therapeutic Guidelines for Comprehensive Care for People with Sexually Transmitted Infections, published by the Brazilian Ministry of Health in 2020. The document was developed based on scientific evidence and validated in discussions with specialists.
Edilbert Pelegrini Nahn Junior, Eduardo Campos de Oliveira, Marcelo Joaquim Barbosa, Thereza Cristina de Souza Mareco, Helena Andrade Brígido   +4 more
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What do primary care staff know and do about blood borne virus testing and care for migrant patients? A national survey

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background UK migrants born in intermediate to high prevalence areas for blood borne viruses (BBV) including hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV are at increased risk of these infections.
Rachel Roche, Ruth Simmons, Alison F. Crawshaw, Pip Fisher, Manish Pareek, Will Morton, Theresa Shryane, Kristina Poole, Arpana Verma, Ines Campos-Matos, Sema Mandal   +10 more
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Associations between antimicrobial susceptibility/resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in European Union/European Economic Area and patients’ gender, sexual orientation and anatomical site of infection, 2009–2016

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, nationally and internationally, is a serious threat to the management and control of gonorrhoea.
Susanne Jacobsson, Michelle J. Cole, Gianfranco Spiteri, Michaela Day, Magnus Unemo, on behalf of The Euro-GASP Network   +5 more
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Monkeypox: Another Sexually Transmitted Infection?

Pathogens, 2022
Monkeypox virus is a zoonotic DNA virus (Poxviridae family), identified in 1958 in Asian monkeys (mostly Macaca fascicularis) in a polio vaccine research animal facility in Copenhagen, Denmark [...]
Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Gustavo Lopardo   +1 more
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Sexually transmitted infections [PDF]

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 2014
SummaryIn no other medical field former rare infections of the 1980th and 1990th occur again as this is seen in the field of venerology which is as well based on the mobility of the population. Increasing rates of infections in Europe, and increasing bacteriological resistances face health professionals with new challenges.
Wolfgang, Fuchs, Norbert H, Brockmeyer
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Sexually Transmitted Infections in Pakistan [PDF]

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2011
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) represent a major global health problem leading to morbidity, mortality and stigma. Prior to this study there was no information on the prevalence and knowledge of STIs in Faisalabad, Pakistan.Prospective, cross-sectional study in patients attending STI clinics from July 2006 to September 2009.After obtaining ...
Maan Muhammad, Hussain Fatma, Iqbal Javed, Akhtar Shahid   +3 more
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Clinical Appearance Of Tinea Corporis Resembles With Tinea Imbricata And Condyloma Acuminata Genital In A Reproductive Woman With HIV : A Case Report

Andalas Obstetrics and Gynecology Journal, 2021
Background: HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system that can cause immunodeficiency. Immunodeficiency results in increased susceptibility to fungal infections.
Indah Kencana, Tutty Ariani, Qaira Anum, Yosse Rizal   +3 more
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Low costs and opportunities for efficiency: a cost analysis of the first year of programmatic PrEP delivery in Kenya’s public sector

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background In 2017, the Kenyan Ministry of Health integrated provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into public HIV-1 care clinics as a key component of the national HIV-1 prevention strategy.
Kathryn Peebles, Kenneth K. Mugwanya, Elizabeth Irungu, Josephine Odoyo, Elizabeth Wamoni, Jennifer F. Morton, Kenneth Ngure, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Nelly R. Mugo, Sarah Masyuko, Irene Mukui, Jared M. Baeten, Ruanne V. Barnabas, for the Partners Scale-Up Project Team   +13 more
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Sensitivity, specificity, inclusivity and exclusivity of the updated Aptima Combo 2 assay, which provides detection coverage of the new diagnostic-escape Chlamydia trachomatis variants

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background Four new variants of Chlamydia trachomatis (nvCTs), detected in several countries, cause false-negative or equivocal results using the Aptima Combo 2 assay (AC2; Hologic).
Magnus Unemo, Marit Hansen, Ronza Hadad, Mirja Puolakkainen, Henrik Westh, Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava, Carina Thilesen, Michelle J. Cole, Iryna Boiko, Pham T. Lan, Daniel Golparian, Shin Ito, Martin Sundqvist   +12 more
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