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Injection cessation and relapse to injection and the associated factors among people who inject drugs in Iran: The Rostam study

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023
Background Drug injection is a major health-related problem worldwide. Injection cessation and relapse to injection could significantly alter the risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs (PWID).
Soheil Mehmandoost, Ali Mirzazadeh, Mohammad Karamouzian, Mehrdad Khezri, Heidar Sharafi, Armita Shahesmaeili, Saiedeh Haji Maghsoudi, Nima Ghalekhani, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Maliheh Sadat Bazrafshani, Mostafa Shokoohi, Niloufar Aghaali, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Hamid Sharifi   +13 more
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The Virome of Bats Inhabiting Brazilian Biomes: Knowledge Gaps and Biases towards Zoonotic Viruses

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Bats host a large variety of viruses, including some that may infect other vertebrates and humans. Research on bat-borne viruses attracted significant attention in recent years mainly due to epizootics caused by viruses having bats as hosts.
Gabriel Luz Wallau, Eder Barbier, Alexandru Tomazatos, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Enrico Bernard   +4 more
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Proportion and reasons for loss to follow-up in a cohort study of people who inject drugs to measure HIV and HCV incidence in Kerman, Iran

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2021
Background Understanding the reasons for loss to follow-up (LTFU) in cohort studies, especially among marginalized groups such as people who inject drugs (PWID), is needed to strengthen the rigor of efficacy trials for prevention and treatment ...
Ghazal Mousavian, Nima Ghalekhani, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Willi McFarland, Armita Shahesmaeili, Heidar Sharafi, Mehrdad Khezri, Soheil Mehmandoost, Jasem Zarei, Hamid Sharifi, Ali Mirzazadeh   +10 more
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Correlates of quality of life and mental health among youth experiencing homelessness in Iran

BMC Psychology, 2023
Background Quality of life (QOL) and mental health among marginalized populations, including people experiencing homelessness in Iran, are understudied.
Neda Malekmohammadi, Soheil Mehmandoost, Mehrdad Khezri, Hossein Mirzaei, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Ghazal Mousavian, Mansureh Safizadeh, Abedin Iranpour, Hamid Sharifi   +8 more
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HIV prevalence and continuum of care among incarcerated people in Iran from 2010 to 2017

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Incarcerated people are at an increased risk of contracting HIV and transmitting it to the community post-release. In Iran, HIV epidemics inside prisons were first detected in the early 1990s. We assessed the HIV prevalence and its correlates,
Armita Shahesmaeili, Mohammad Karamouzian, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Mostafa Shokoohi, Ali Mirzazadeh, Samira Hosseini-Hooshyar, Saber Amirzadeh Googhari, Nima Ghalekhani, Razieh Khajehkazemi, Zahra Abdolahinia, Noushin Fahimfar, AliAkbar Haghdoost, Hamid Sharifi   +12 more
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Acknowledging contribution to surveillance studies [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2005
The Vancouver Protocol1 (www.icmje.org) provides clear criteria for authorship and the acknowledgment of contributions to scientific publications. However, contributors to health surveillance research, who make such research possible by the identification of cases and the provision of clinical data, have questioned the applicability of these criteria.
L, Pereira-da-Silva, R, von Kries, D, Rose, E, Elliott   +3 more
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A. Health Surveillance Studies [PDF]

Journal of Radiation Research, 1975
The majority of studies of the A-bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are concerned with monitoring the populations for long-term after-effects of exposure to ionizing radiation. Nonetheless, the health surveillance programs in the two cities must also be concerned with investigation of diseases which, though not directly related to radiation ...
Howard B. Hamilton, Jacob A. Brody
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of HIV/AIDS-related services in Iran: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Providing services to people living with HIV (PLWH) faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on providing HIV/AIDS-related services in Iran. Methods In this qualitative
Zahra Jaafari, Hossein Mirzaei, Yousef Moradi, Naser Nasiri, Soheil Mehmandoost, Mehrdad Khezri, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Samaneh Abbaszadeh, Hamid Sharifi   +8 more
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Condom Use and its Associated Factors Among Iranian Youth: Results From a Population-Based Study [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018
Background Given the young structure of Iran’s population and the fact that extramarital sexual relationships are both prohibited by legislation and shunned by society and religion, examining condom use practices among Iranian youth is highly important.
Samira Hosseini Hooshyar, Mohammad Karamouzian, Ali Mirzazadeh, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Hamid Sharifi, Mostafa Shokoohi   +5 more
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HIV testing among incarcerated people with a history of HIV-related high-risk behaviours in Iran: Findings from three consecutive national bio-behavioural surveys

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Incarcerated people are at a disproportionate risk of contracting HIV. We estimated the prevalence and correlates of HIV testing among incarcerated people with a history of HIV-related high-risk behaviours in Iran.
Fatemeh Tavakoli, Najmeh Parhizgari, Mostafa Shokoohi, Mehrdad Khezri, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Iman Ghasemzadeh, Ivana Bozicevic, Armita Shahesmaeili, Naser Nasiri, Ahmad Danesh, Mohammad Karamouzian, Hamid Sharifi   +11 more
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