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Tuberculosis and Sexually Transmitted Infections

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
To the Editor: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is a necessary, but not sufficient, cause of tuberculosis (TB). Infection with HIV is the strongest known risk factor for disease progression to TB. In the absence of HIV infection, disease develops in 5% to 15% of infected persons.
Nagelkerke, Nico J.D., De Vlas, Sake J., MacDonald, Kelly S., Rieder, Hans L.   +3 more
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Sexually transmitted infections: old foes on the rise [PDF]

, 2016
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are commonly spread via sexual contact. It is estimated that one million STIs are acquired every day worldwide. Besides their impact on sexual, reproductive and neonatal health, they can cause disastrous and life ...
Katharina Kainz, Didac Carmona-Gutierrez, Frank Madeo, Kainz, Katharina, Madeo, Frank, Carmona-Gutierrez, Didac   +5 more
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Detection and molecular characterization of urinary tract HIV-1 populations

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2019
Background Identification of all possible HIV reservoirs is an important aspect in HIV eradication efforts. The urinary tract has however not been well studied as a potential HIV reservoir.
M. L. Mzingwane, G. Hunt, R. Lassauniere, M. Kalimashe, A. Bongwe, J. Ledwaba, R. E. Chaisson, N. Martinson, K. Richter, S. M. Bowyer, C. T. Tiemessen   +10 more
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Health Information and Monitoring of Sexually Transmitted Infections (SIM study): a single-center, parallel, three-arm randomized controlled trial protocol for enhancing adherence to syphilis treatment and follow-up

Trials, 2022
Background Syphilis has recently resurfaced as a significant public health problem. Since the 2000s, isolated syphilis outbreaks have increasingly occurred in North America, Europe, and Australia; in Brazil, there have been progressive increases in both ...
Eliana M. Wendland, Vanessa M. de Oliveira, Luana Giongo Pedrotti, Flavia M. A. Souza, Gerson F. M. Pereira, Antonio Gerbase   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Curable sexually transmitted infections among the clientele of a family planning clinic in Istanbul, Turkey

, 2001
Background: Integrating screening and treatment of sexually transmitted infections into existing family planning programs can be a good way to fight this problem. Also, the number of studies on the prevalence of certain sexually transmitted infections in
Ortayli, N, Amca, B, Aydin, D, Sahip, Y, Sahip, N, Say, L   +5 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, Low N, Broutet NJ   +6 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reproductive health for refugees by refugees in Guinea II: sexually transmitted infections. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Providing reproductive and sexual health services is an important and challenging aspect of caring for displaced populations, and preventive and curative sexual health services may play a role in reducing HIV transmission in complex ...
Akaco Ekirapa, Souare, Yaya, Chen Mark I, Natasha Howard, Ekirapa, Akaco, Ekirapa Akaco, Mark I Chen, von Roenne Franz, von Roenne, Franz, von Roenne Anna, Chen, Mark I, von Roenne, Anna, Howard, Natasha, Howard Natasha, Franz von Roenne, Borchert Matthias, Anna von Roenne, Souare Yaya, Matthias Borchert, Yaya Souare, Borchert, Matthias   +20 more
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A real-life study of the positive response to DAA-based therapies for hepatitis C in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
A retrospective cohort of 11,308 chronic hepatitis C infected patients treated with regimens that included Sofosbuvir (SOF), Daclatasvir (DCV), Simeprevir (SMV), or an association of Ombitasvir, Veruprevir/Ritonavir and Dasabuvir (3D) with or without ...
Simone Monzani Vivaldini, Rachel Abraão Ribeiro, Gláucio Mosimann Júnior, Karen Cristine Tonini, Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo   +5 more
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DNA ligase LigE increases bacterial transformation with damaged extracellular DNA

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The DNA ligase LigE from the naturally competent Gram‐negative bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoaea increases transformation with cut extracellular DNA. This process is ATP‐dependent and relies on the catalytic activity of LigE; it also requires that LigE contains an intact periplasmic localisation sequence, indicating that ligE functions in the periplasm ...
Jolyn Pan, Avi Singh, Shrawani Weralupe Gamladdalage, Joanna Hicks, Adele Williamson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source