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Malignant syphilis as the first manifestation of HIV infection

Infectious Disease Reports, 2012
Malignant syphilis is a rare and severe variant of secondary syphilis. It is clinically characterized by large papular, nodular and ulcerative lesions affecting the trunk and the extremities and covered with thick crust.
Efstathios Rallis, Vasileios Paparizos
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Incentivising Safe Sex: A Randomised Trial of Conditional Cash Transfers for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention in Rural Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
The authors evaluated the use of conditional cash transfers as an HIV and sexually transmitted infection prevention strategy to incentivise safe sex. An unblinded, individually randomised and controlled trial.
Dow, William H, Isdahl, Zachary, Majura, Albert, de Walque, Damien, Nathan, Rose, Abilahi, Faraji, Krishnan, Suneeta, Mwanyangala, Mathew Alexander, Jamison, Julian, Mtenga, Sally, Schachter, Julius, Shirima, Kizito, Jullu, Boniphace, Packel, Laura, Moncada, Jeanne, Gong, Erick, Miguel, Edward, Abdul, Ramadhani, Medlin, Carol A   +18 more
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

HIV post‐exposure prophylaxis in community settings and by lay health workers or through task sharing: a systematic review of effectiveness, case studies, values and preferences, and costs

Journal of the International AIDS Society
Introduction Post‐exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV prevention has been inadequately promoted, provided and used. Expanded access and task sharing could increase the HIV prevention impact of PEP, but scientific evidence to inform programmatic and policy
Caitlin E. Kennedy, Rahel Dawit, Ping Teresa Yeh, Michelle Rodolph, Nathan Ford, Heather‐Marie A. Schmidt, Robin Schaefer, Rachel Baggaley, Virginia Macdonald   +8 more
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Is the HCV-HIV co-infection prevalence amongst injecting drug users a marker for the level of sexual and injection related HIV transmission?

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Amongst injecting drug users (IDUs), HIV is transmitted sexually and parenterally, but HCV is transmitted primarily parenterally. We assess and model the antibody prevalence of HCV amongst HIV-infected IDUs (denoted as HCV-HIV co-infection ...
?, ?, Martin, Natasha K, Strathdee, Steffanie, Beattie, Tara, Vickerman, Peter, EMCDDA Collaborative Group, Jarlais, Don Des, Wiessing, Lucas, Roy, Anuradha, Hickman, Matthew   +9 more
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Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexually Transmitted Infections [PDF]

Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2021
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Policy to Practice: Brazil's Pathway to Eliminating Vertical Transmission of HIV as a Public Health Milestone

Journal of the International AIDS Society
Introduction The elimination of vertical transmission of HIV is a global health priority endorsed by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Pâmela Cristina Gaspar, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, Leonor Henriette de Lannoy, Ana Roberta Pati Pascon, Carmen Silvia Bruniera Domingues, Ítalo Vinicius Albuquerque Diniz, Amanda Krummenauer, Ana Paula Betaressi da Silva, Alisson Bigolin, Ariane Tiago Bernardo de Matos, Márcia Rejane Colombo, Claudia Gonçalves Siqueira, Angela Gasperin Martinazzo, Adele Schwartz Benzaken, Draurio Barreira, Mariângela Batista Galvão Simão, Brazilian Elimination Vertical Transmission Group (Brazilian EVT Group)   +16 more
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Sexually transmitted infections-Research priorities for new challenges. [PDF]

, 2017
In an Editorial, Guest Editors Nicola Low and Nathalie Broutet discuss the Collection on sexually transmitted infections in the context of research priorities in the ...
Nathalie J Broutet, Broutet, Nathalie J, Nicola Low, Low, Nicola, Nathalie J. Broutet   +4 more
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