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Study protocol for data to suppression (D2S): a cluster-randomised, stepped-wedge effectiveness trial of a reporting and capacity-building intervention to improve HIV viral suppression in housing and behavioural health programmes in New York City

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction With progress in the ‘diagnose’, ‘link’ and ‘retain’ stages of the HIV care continuum, viral suppression (VS) gains increasingly hinge on antiretroviral adherence among people with HIV (PWH) retained in care.
Meghan Peterson, Denis Nash, Mary K Irvine, Bruce Levin, McKaylee M Robertson, Sarah L Braunstein, Rebecca Zimba, Faisal Abdelqader, Jacinthe Thomas, Tigran Avoundjian   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sexually transmitted infections and HIV in the era of antiretroviral treatment and prevention: the biologic basis for epidemiologic synergy

Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2019
HIV is a unique sexually transmitted infection (STI) that is greatly affected by other concomitant “classical” bacterial and viral STIs that cause genital ulcers and/or mucosal inflammation. STIs also serve as a marker for risky sexual behaviours.
M. Cohen, Olivia D. Council, Jane S. Chen   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Descriptive Epidemiology From the Myhre Syndrome Foundation Registry: The Value of Self‐Reported Data

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome is an ultrarare genetic disease characterized by short stature, distinct craniofacial features, cardiovascular and respiratory fibrosis and stenosis, neurodevelopmental delays, autism, intellectual disability, and hearing loss. The natural history of Myhre syndrome is still not fully understood due to a small patient population ...
Mary K. Young, Armelle Pindon, Maggie R. Brand, Kate Wears, Katherine H. Young, Alyssa Mendel, Michael J. Lyons   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi, Casianus Gemoh, Denise Chapman, Edmund Hypolite, Simon Angok, Melanie Baak, Joel Windle   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Chlamydia trachomatis treatment with azithromycin or doxycycline on Mycoplasma genitalium in women

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: In women being screened for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection, Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) testing is not recommended. Among women positive for CT, studies reported that 7% to 28% had concurrent urogenital MG.
Chloé Le Roy, Alexandre Ferron, Carla Balcon, Jennifer Guiraud, Cécile Bébéar, Bertille de Barbeyrac, Olivia Peuchant   +6 more
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CDC Clinical Guidelines on the Use of Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis for Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention, United States, 2024

MMWR Recommendations and Reports
Summary No vaccines and few chemoprophylaxis options exist for the prevention of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) (specifically syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea).
Laura H. Bachmann, L. Barbee, Philip A. Chan, Hilary Reno, Kimberly A. Workowski, Karen W. Hoover, Jonathan Mermin, Leandro Mena   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Natasha Ginnivan, Amanuel Kidane Hagos, Tony Butler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strong associations between national prevalence of various STIs suggests sexual network connectivity is a common underpinning risk factor

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background If national peak Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence is positively associated with the prevalence of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) from before or early on in the HIV epidemics this would suggest common underlying ...
Chris Kenyon
doaj   +1 more source

Female‐Specific Risk of TAS2R Variants in Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Hospital‐Based Cohort Study From the Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Bitter taste receptors (T2Rs) function in the innate immune defense of the sinonasal mucosa; however, the genetic association between the TAS2R gene family and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) remains understudied in Asian populations.
Rong‐San Jiang, Man‐Wei Hua, I‐Chieh Chen, Yi‐Ming Chen, Shun‐Hung Lin, Kuan‐Yu Lai, Yi‐Chen Chen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source