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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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Obtaining self-samples to diagnose curable sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review of patients' experiences [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Routine screening is key to sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and control. Previous studies suggest that clinic-based screening programmes capture only a small proportion of people with STIs.
Lau, Jason, Llewellyn, Carrie, Mahmud, Mohammad, Paudyal, Priyamvada, Smith, Helen   +4 more
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Season of Birth Impacts the Neonatal Nasopharyngeal Microbiota

Children, 2020
Objective: Pathogenic airway bacteria colonizing the neonatal airway increase the risk of childhood asthma, but little is known about the determinants of the establishment and dynamics of the airway microbiota in early life.
Ann-Marie Malby Schoos, Marie Kragh, Peter Ahrens, Katrin Gaardbo Kuhn, Morten Arendt Rasmussen, Bo Lund Chawes, Jørgen Skov Jensen, Susanne Brix, Hans Bisgaard, Jakob Stokholm   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing user preferences for sexually transmitted infection testing services: a discrete choice experiment [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: To assess user preferences for different aspects of sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing services. Design: A discrete choice experiment. Setting: 14 centres offering tests for STIs in East Sussex, England. Participants: People
Cairns, John, Fisher, Martin, Lagarde, Mylene, Llewellyn, Carrie, Miners, Alec, Pollard, Alex, Richardson, Daniel, Smith, Helen   +7 more
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Developing domains to assess understanding regarding sexually transmitted infections among sexually transmitted infection clinic attendees: A qualitative study

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2017
Objective: To develop and validate domains to assess attendee's gain at sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic and their understanding after utilizing services at STI Clinic. Methods: Study was done in two phases.
Bansari L Chawada, Jayesh K Kosambiya, Vipul P Chaudhari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An exploratory study of Hungarian university students’ sexual attitudes and behaviours [PDF]

, 2020
Sexual health is the integration of the somatic, emotional, intellectual and social aspects of sexual being that may positively enrich personality (WHO, 1975).
Gupta, Himanshu, Howard-Payne, Lynlee, Keresztes, Noemi, Piko, Bettina F.   +3 more
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HTLV-1 Is Also a Sexually Transmitted Infection

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
HTLV-1 is a retrovirus which causes diverse diseases in 10% of its infected population, significantly worsening their quality of life and mortality rate.
Mariana Martel, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Eduardo Gotuzzo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sexually transmitted infections and associated factors during pregnancy in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021: A multicenter study

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 2022
Background: Sexually transmitted infections are one the most important public health problems in the developing countries that have been reported to have many adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Nuhamin Tesfa Tsega, Bosena Abebe, Tenaye Ebabu, Tigist Asmare, Mulu Kassa, Tsion Tadesse Haile, Asmra Tesfahun Seyoum, Mastewal Endalew, Kindu Yinges Wondie   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Core groups and the transmission of HIV: Learning from male sex workers [PDF]

, 2005
A growing and substantial body of research suggests that female sex workers play a disproportionately large role in the transmission of HIV in many parts of the world, and they are often referred to as core groups by epidemiologists, mathematical ...
Parker, M
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'The difference in determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium in a sample of young Australian women.' [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND Differences in the determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis ('chlamydia') and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) genital infection in women are not well understood.
Birden, Hudson, Bowden, Francis, Bradshaw, Catriona S, Chen, Marcus Y, Currie, Marian, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K, Garland, Suzanne, Gunn, Jane, Gurrin, Lyle, Harindra, Veerakathy, Hocking, Jane S, Kaldor, John K, McNamee, Kathleen, Pirotta, Marie, Tabrizi, Sepehr N, Taylor, Nicole, Twin, Jimmy, Urban, Eve, Walker, Jennifer, Walker, Sandra   +20 more
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