Attitudes regarding vaccinations of STDs and other diseases.

abstract：:Condom promotion in sub-Saharan Africa has been accused by some conservative groups of encouraging promiscuity. This study explored the relationship between condom availability and sexually transmitted infection (STI) incidence in a closed Malawian community. An audit of clinic records charted the changing availabilit...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Metcalfe D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of published and unpublished data indicates the prevalence of high-risk behaviours for HIV transmission in segments of the Bangladeshi population. These include casual unprotected sex, heterosexual as well as between males, prior to and after marriage. Intravenous drug use (IVDU) exists though illicit drugs a...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gibney L,Choudhury P,Khawaja Z,Sarker M,Vermund SH

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to quantitatively measure the nature of concurrent sex partnering in two samples of drug users having large numbers of sex partners. The purpose of this study was to measure concurrent sex partnering and overlap in concurrent sex partners in two samples of drug users in which some or al...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Williams ML,Ross MW,Atkinson J,Bowen A,Klovdahl A,Timpson SC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to provide more comprehensive data on the clinical characteristics of hospitalized AIDS patients in Cambodia. Chart review of 381 HIV-infected patients admitted to a public hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia between December 1999 and May 2000 was performed. The in-hospital mortality rate was 43....

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Senya C,Mehta A,Harwell JI,Pugatch D,Flanigan T,Mayer KH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haematogenous dissemination of undiagnosed urinary tuberculosis after performing extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is extremely rare. Herein, we report a 41-year-old male who presented with urosepsis to the emergency room; catheterization was performed and retention resolved. He had a tattoo on his left arm...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Tourchi A,Ebadi M,Hosseinzadeh A,Shabaninia M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objectives were to determine the prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and its association with other STD causing organisms. Three hundred and thirty-six consecutive women (female sex workers (FSWs) and married contacts), attending a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic in Mumbai, were screened for N. gonorrhoe...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Divekar AA,Gogate AS,Shivkar LK,Gogate S,Badhwar VR

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the disproportionate HIV burden faced by female sex workers FSWs and limited data regarding their engagement in the HIV cascade of care in conflict-affected settings, we characterized the cascade of care and examined associations with new HIV diagnoses and antiretroviral therapy (ART) use in a community-based co...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Goldenberg SM,Muzaaya G,Akello M,Braschel M,Birungi J,Shannon K

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national Scottish audit of 282 patients with HIV infection attending 11 clinics showed the following levels of performance against quality improvement Scotland Sexual Health Services Standards: syphilis serology was offered in the previous six months to 55% of patients (range: 12-97% of patients in individual clinic...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hembrom R,Goodall L,Bateman V,MacDonald R,Syed A,Taylor R,Clutterbuck DJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies investigate sexual health among Chinese international students in Australia. We recruited domestic (n = 623) and Chinese international (n = 500) students for separate online surveys on sexual behaviours and knowledge. Samples were compared using Chi square, Fisher's exact and equality of medians tests. Dom...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Douglass CH,Qin C,Martin F,Xiao Y,El-Hayek C,Lim MS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This document addresses medical workforce needs for the speciality of Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) for the next 10 years. Data on current consultant numbers, working patterns and retirement are based on information from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Workforce Unit annual census undertaken on 30 September 2000....

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rogstad KE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel HIV testing strategies may improve the uptake of the test. The aim of the present study was to investigate the uptake of HIV testing during Birmingham Pride events in 2009 and 2010. The project was a collaboration between Whittall Street Clinic and Healthy Gay Life. This was a nurse-delivered service that was of...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Manavi K,Williams G,Newton R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Sexual Health Strategy, the targets of HIV testing uptake in genitourinary medicine clinics (GUM) are set at 40% by year 2004 and 60% by 2007. We assessed the uptake of HIV test amongst GUM clinic attendees, more than six months after introducing an information leaflet in place of verbal pre-test counselling (P...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Das S,Huengsberg M,Radcliffe K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin's disease (HD) appears to occur more frequently in people with HIV and within this population HD demonstrates a number of differences. In people with HIV, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is found more frequently in Reed-Sternberg cells and mixed cellularity and lymphocyte depleted histological subtypes predominate. P...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Powles T,Bower M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the first reported case of Candida pelliculosa meningitis in HIV infection. This case highlights the risk of uncommon opportunistic infections in association with the immunocompromised and the importance of autopsy as a diagnostic tool in HIV infection. We discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis and management...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ratcliffe L,Davies J,Anson J,Hales S,Beeching NJ,Beadsworth MB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the factors relating to CD4 level at HIV diagnosis and HIV testing behaviour. Participants were newly diagnosed patients (n = 654) in Japan from 2000 to 2005. Around 75% of participants were diagnosed at hospital and clinics. Mean CD4 counts at diagnosis through voluntary HIV t...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Takano M,Okada M,Oka S,Wagatsuma Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Fuckbuddies' are a type of regular sexual partner with whom men have ongoing sexual contact, generally in the absence of romantic attachment. We surveyed 989 men who have sex with men (MSM) at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Australia, with the aim of determining the frequency of 'fuckbuddy' partnerships among se...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Cornelisse VJ,Fairley CK,Phillips T,Walker S,Chow EP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 14 women infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) was evaluated for vaginal shedding of the virus. The HCV-RNA detection was performed in plasma, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and in supernatant and pellet of vaginal washings. HCV-RNA positive results were obtained in all plasma samples, in 57% of ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gameiro R,Venneno T,Prieto E,Castro R,Carnall V,Canas-Ferreira W,Exposto F

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine in a rural population the age- and sex-specific prevalence and incidence rates of serological reactivity of 5 common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and their association with HIV-1 antibody status. Of the adult population of two villages (529 adults aged 15 years or more) 29...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Wagner HU,Van Dyck E,Roggen E,Nunn AJ,Kamali A,Schmid DS,Dobbins JG,Mulder DW

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global data on cervical lesion incidence and progression in HIV-positive women are essential for understanding the natural history of cervical neoplasia and informing screening policy. A systematic review was performed summarizing the incidence and progression of cervical lesions in HIV-positive women. Of 5882 HIV-pos...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Denslow SA,Rositch AF,Firnhaber C,Ting J,Smith JS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dried blood spots (DBS) are widely used to test for HIV in a variety of research and service delivery settings; however, uniform guidelines regarding collection, storage and DNA extraction processes have neither been developed nor evaluated. Previously published reports suggested DBS may be stored at room temperature ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Montgomery ET,van der Pol B,van der Straten A,Ramjee G,de Bruyn G,Chipato T,Blanchard K,Padian NS,MIRA Team.

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to develop an evaluation method of antiretroviral treatment adherence from a hospital pharmacy and to identify one or more factors that influenced this adherence, such as patient or treatment characteristics. The HIV patients included in this study were based, for the major part, in Saint-An...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rubio M,Pédeboscq S,Ekouevi D,Zalabadi K,Chêne G,Bonarek M,Pometan JP

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyse in a large sample of HIV-infected subjects the expectations toward complementary therapies (CT) and the characteristics of users. Self-administered anonymous questionnaires were distributed in seven European countries among HIV-infected subjects consecutively attending the offices ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Agnoletto V,Chiaffarino F,Nasta P,Rossi R,Parazzini F

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing numbers of HIV-infected children are now reaching adulthood and young people account for 10% of new HIV diagnosis in the UK each year. This audit of young people attending specialist and generic HIV services in Inner London in 2006 (n=39) highlights the complex medical and psychosocial needs of this patient...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ferrand RA,Miller RF,Jungmann EA

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analysed routinely collected baseline data of 2252 patients with HIV infection registered in the National Free Antiretroviral Treatment Program in Xinjiang province, China, from 2006 to 2011 to estimate the prevalence and predictors of anaemia at the initiation of combined antiretroviral therapy. An...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mijiti P,Yuexin Z,Min L,Wubuli M,Kejun P,Upur H

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV serodisclosure to sexual partners is an important aspect of HIV prevention, treatment, and care. We investigated the association between partnership duration and serodisclosure among HIV-infected individuals in Lilongwe, Malawi. We analyzed data from a cross-sectional study of individuals attending one of two anti...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mbichila TH,Chagomerana M,Tang JH,Haddad LB,Hosseinipour MC,Tweya H,Phiri S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is much more frequent in patients acquiring HIV infection via the sexual route. Epidemiological studies have confirmed the likely involvement of a sexually acquired cofactor in the pathogenesis of this form of KS. We have formulated a set of postulates, epidemiological and experim...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Peters BS,Thomas BJ,Yi C,Beck EJ,Weber J,Pinching AJ,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-blind randomized follow-up study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and tolerance of roxithromycin 300 mg once a day compared to doxycycline 200 mg day 1 and 100 mg day 2-10 in the treatment of genital chlamydial infection in men and women and non-specific urethritis (NSU) in men. A total of 211 patients ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lidbrink P,Bygdeman S,Emtestam L,Gajecki M,Lapins J,Weden U

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pre-treatment and a 3-week post-treatment isolate of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from a 13-year-old boy treated with azithromycin in a single 1 g oral dose were characterized microbiologically. Both isolates were of the same serovar/auxotype (1B6/non-requiring) and had similar antibiograms apart from erythromycin and azit...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Young H,Moyes A,McMillan A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined health-care seeking practices among patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in south China. In 1995, we recruited a consecutive sample of 939 STD patients attending the STD clinics of the Municipal STD Control Centers of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, 'special economic zones' near Hong Kong. Attending ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Choi KH,Zheng X,Zhou H,Chen W,Mandel J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an audit of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) programmes in Blantyre, Malawi, and Liverpool, UK, a striking common deficiency was poor attendance of follow-up visits and of HIV testing to determine efficacy of PEP. Causes of poor follow-up after PEP need to be explored in both settings. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： van der Maaten GC,Davies J,Nyirenda M,Chitani A,Allain TJ,Beeching NJ,Beadsworth MB,van Oosterhout JJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00