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Investigating the changes in skin color representation within US medical textbook imagery

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Medical education traditionally relies on textbooks with limited representation of dark skin tones, contributing to “visual racism.” This study sought to answer: “To what extent has skin‐of‐color representation changed in widely used U.S. medical textbooks over twenty years?” Older and newer editions of four widely used medical textbooks were ...
Justin Lyon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharmacogenomics of dolutegravir: A scoping review of evidence, gaps and clinical implications

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Dolutegravir underpins modern first‐ and second‐line HIV treatment regimens; however, interindividual variability in its disposition and tolerability presents challenges for optimal use. This scoping review mapped current evidence on the pharmacogenomics of dolutegravir, focusing on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and methodological limitations ...
Ronald Kiguba   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the HCV-HIV co-infection prevalence amongst injecting drug users a marker for the level of sexual and injection related HIV transmission?

open access: yes, 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 ...
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core   +1 more source

Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

open access: yesBiological 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   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-60).Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common cause of vaginal symptoms among women of childbearing age, although some women may be asymptomatic.
Gopolang, Felicity Pinkie
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Carrion ecology: concepts, interdisciplinary synthesis, and perspectives

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Carrion is a ubiquitous resource in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, yet it has long been overlooked in ecological research. Over the past two decades, studies on carrion and the many organisms that exploit it have flourished, revealing not only wide‐ranging ecological functions but also significance far beyond ecology.
Marcos Moleón   +38 more
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

open access: yesJournal 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   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Malignant syphilis as the first manifestation of HIV infection

open access: yesInfectious 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
doaj   +1 more source

College students knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Plan BThis study explores college student's knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases. The research instrument consisted of four sections: demographics, a Likert scale rating the participants attitudes about sex education and sexually transmitted ...
Stoskopf, Angie L.
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