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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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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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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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Genomic evolution of Neisseria gonorrhoeae since the preantibiotic era (1928–2013): antimicrobial use/misuse selects for resistance and drives evolution

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background Multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains are prevalent, threatening gonorrhoea treatment globally, and understanding of emergence, evolution, and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in gonococci remains limited.
Daniel Golparian, Simon R. Harris, Leonor Sánchez-Busó, Steen Hoffmann, William M. Shafer, Stephen D. Bentley, Jörgen S. Jensen, Magnus Unemo   +7 more
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Is Human Mpox a New Sexually Transmitted Infection in Korea That Should Be Monitored? [PDF]

Urogenital Tract Infection, 2023
Human monkeypox (mpox) outbreaks have been reported in more than 110 countries, with more than 86,930 confirmed cases. The World Health Organization has realized the seriousness of personal transmission and has declared a global health emergency against ...
Gilho Lee
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Mycetoma mimicking sexually transmitted infection

Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2015
This report is of an atypical case of mycetoma at unusual site simulating sexually transmitted infection. Most lesions described in literature are on the foot and lower legs while our patient had lesions at perineum and thigh.
Lakhani Som, F E Billimoria
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