Assessing the role of anal intercourse in the epidemiology of AIDS in Africa.

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is uncommon in the UK but is found in migrant populations and in those who travel to areas of endemic schistosomiasis. Apparent clinical symptoms may occur long after the patient has left an endemic area. Female urogenital schistosomiasis (arising from infection by Schistosoma haematobium, endemic in A...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Samuel MI,Taylor C

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of urogenital infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis was examined in 100 non-pregnant women with cervicitis, and 100 healthy women, in San Salvador City, El Salvador. Pharmacia Chlamydia EIA test was used for the detection of chlamydial antigen in urethral and cervical specimens from all the women. D...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Cañas Posada AB,Jonasson J,de Linares L,Bygdeman S

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to determine the association of neurocognitive impairment with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Seventy subjects were cross-sectionally analysed with a standardized neuropsychological test battery and a questionnai...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Tozzi V,Balestra P,Murri R,Galgani S,Bellagamba R,Narciso P,Antinori A,Giulianelli M,Tosi G,Fantoni M,Sampaolesi A,Noto P,Ippolito G,Wu AW

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the success of combination antiretroviral therapies, people living with HIV (PLWH) are at an increased risk of developing diverse malignancies, including oral cancer. We here present two cases of PLWH where the early diagnosis of potentially malignant disorders in the oral cavity impacted their treatment and s...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Anaya-Saavedra G,Ramírez-Amador V,Castillejos-García I,Saeb-Lima M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:Point-of-care microscopy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of vaginal discharge in genitourinary (GU) medicine clinics but not used in primary care settings and reproductive health clinics to which many patients present. In our GU medicine clinic setting, we conducted an audit to assess the utility of micr...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lascar RM,Devakumar H,Jungmann E,Copas A,Arthur G,Mercey D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a prevalent systemic immune-mediated disease with cutaneous manifestations. In HIV-infected patients, psoriasis may have a higher incidence, present atypical and more exuberant clinical features, and is frequently recalcitrant to treatment. Despite this aggravated severity, treatment options for psoriasis...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Alpalhão M,Borges-Costa J,Filipe P

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2014, HIV care and treatment services among key populations including female sex workers (FSWs) have intensified in Tanzania. We sought to track the epidemic among FSWs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We conducted a cross-sectional integrated bio-behavioral survey using respondent-driven sampling and a structured qu...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mizinduko MM,Moen K,Likindikoki S,Mwijage A,Leyna GH,Makyao N,Leshabari MT,Ramadhan A,Kambi MB,Meyrowitsch D,Tersbøl B,Mmbaga EJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop new strategies aimed to reduce the delay in seeking HIV diagnosis, we proposed to identify correlates of late diagnosis of HIV infection in France. Late testing was studied among the 1077 patients diagnosed from 1996 and enrolled in the ANRS-EN12-VESPA, a representative sample of the French HIV-infected pop...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Delpierre C,Dray-Spira R,Cuzin L,Marchou B,Massip P,Lang T,Lert F,VESPA Study Group.

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The persistent sexual arousal syndrome (PSAS) is a newly described entity where the woman becomes involuntarily genitally aroused for extended periods of time in the absence of sexual desire and is distressed by this situation. The cause of this sexual problem is not well understood. We describe such a case where the ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Bell C,Richardson D,Goldmeier D,Crowley T,Kocsis A,Hill S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although important, the foreskin is not absolutely essential to penile function. Dysfunction is common and a cause of considerable morbidity, and is sometimes associated with mortality from squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Penile dermatoses herald, complicate or cause preputial dysfunction. Their effective diagnosis and...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Porter WM,Bunker CB

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stavudine is a potent nucleoside analogue and a well-recognized component of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Clinical trials have shown stavudine to have a superior or at least comparable virological efficacy and immune reconstitution when compared with other nucleoside analogues. Studies have shown that the pre...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Martínez E

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined some characteristics of male clinic attenders with urethral chlamydial infection. The prevalence of urethral chlamydial infection among heterosexual men (men who have sex with women [MSW]) was 446 (17%) of 2684 men. Men aged 16-34 years were more likely to have chlamydiae than older men with only c...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Arnot DJ,Manavi K,McMillan A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred consecutive patients with herpes zoster attending the skin clinic at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) were examined and checked for HIV infection. They ranged in age from 10 months to 86 years with the majority in their 20s and 30s. The dermatomes involved were thoracic (97), trigeminal (50)...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Naburi AE,Leppard B

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred and twenty consecutive women newly attending a genitourinary medicine clinic who participated in a study of sexual behaviour were also tested for type-specific antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2; 135 (26%) were seropositive, of whom only 29 (21.5%) had had clinical evidence of genital herpes. Seropos...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Evans BA,Kell PD,Bond RA,MacRae KD,Slomka MJ,Brown DW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the Christmas and New Year period the Health Education Authority launched a sexual health promotion campaign aimed at increasing the awareness of and reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancy. We undertook a study to assess the effect of this campaign locally in 2 gen...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Riddell LA,Kuchimanchi U,Cope J,Rooney G,Sherrard J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2001 and 2002 an anonymous outreach-screening programme in Melbourne, Australia, offered testing for gonorrhoea and chlamydia on-site at men-only saunas. Modifications were made to this screening programme to offer a comprehensive testing clinic for sexually transmissible infections (STIs), including HIV. The c...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lister NA,Smith A,Tabrizi SN,Garland S,Hayes P,Fairley CK

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External genital warts, caused by human papillomavirus, have a significant clinical, epidemiological, and financial impact, including the risk for malignant transformation. Treatment modalities include: (a) destructive (ablative); (b) cytotoxic (proapoptotic) and (c) immunomodulatory, with success and recurrence rates...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Juhl ME,Seferovic V,Antonijevic S,Krunic A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A heterosexual man with acquired syphilis had an uncommon presentation in the form of acute visual loss. The unusual clinical presentation and a high cerebrospinal fluid lymphocyte count led to delayed diagnosis and treatment. Recognition of uncommon presentation of syphilis in the current epidemic is essential for th...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sivaram M,Radcliffe KW

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is the leading incident cancer and the main cause of cancer-related mortality among women in sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, HIV-infected women are at a higher risk of developing cervical cancer than HIV-negative women. The purpose of this study was to distinguish differences in characteristics of HIV...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lovgren K,Soliman AS,Ngoma T,Kahesa C,Meza J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national audit of practice performance against the key performance indicators in the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and HIV Medical Foundation for AIDS Sexual Health Standards for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) was conducted in 2011. Approximately 60% and 8% of level ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： McClean H,Sullivan AK,Carne CA,Warwick Z,Menon-Johansson A,Clutterbuck D,National Audit Group of British Association for Sexual Health and HIV.

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis may be discontinued when CD4 is > or =200 cells/mm(3) for three months in response to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Unlike CD4, the total lymphocyte count (TLC) is inexpensive and widely available in resource-constrained countries. Paired TLC and CD4 v...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Cheung C,Shuter J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Racial/ethnic minorities in the Southeastern USA are disproportionately affected by HIV, and would benefit from a preventive vaccine. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 220 community college students in Atlanta to evaluate racial/ethnic differences in knowledge and willingness to participate in HIV vaccine trial...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Priddy FH,Cheng AC,Salazar LF,Frew PM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current teaching on Reiter's syndrome is that keratoderma blennorrhagica lesions appear characteristically on the soles of feet, although they can be seen on other parts of the body infrequently. We therefore thought that it would be interesting to report the case of keratoderma blennorrhagica lesions found on the gla...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Edirisinghe DN,Sankar KN,Pattman RS

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the conditions in which self-reports provide an accurate assessment of adherence to HIV antiretrovirals. In a sample of 58 participants, self-reported and electronically monitored adherence to antiretroviral therapy were compared over a three-day period. Of the 16 who reporte...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kimmerling M,Wagner G,Ghosh-Dastidar B

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) interact uniquely with HIV infection, regardless of the form of sexual transmission of HIV. Both STDs and HIV infection are behaviorally and biologically intertwined with one another. This concept is called epidemiologic synergy since they facilitate the sexual transmission of on...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Quinn TC

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community viral load is an aggregate measure of HIV viral load in a particular geographic location, community, or subgroup. Community viral load provides a measure of disease burden in a community and community transmission risk. This study aims to examine community viral load trend in South Carolina and identify diff...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Chakraborty H,Weissman S,Duffus WA,Hossain A,Varma Samantapudi A,Iyer M,Albrecht H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary HIV transmission risk is increased during antiretroviral therapy (ART) use if individuals are not virologically suppressed and engage in high risk transmission behaviour. Baseline data of HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) with recent history of risky behaviour on ART for ≥3 months (n = 139) were eva...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Blumenthal J,Haubrich R,Jain S,Sun X,Dube M,Daar E,Milam J,Morris S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary HIV can be asymptomatic or result in a severe symptomatic illness. Common symptoms are pyrexia, pharyngitis, malaise, lethargy, maculopapular rash, mucous membrane ulceration, lymphadenopathy and headache. It can be reliably diagnosed by a positive virologic test in the absence of HIV-specific antibodies. Prog...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Apoola A,Ahmad S,Radcliffe K

更新日期：2002-02-01 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

abstract：:We have conducted a longitudinal study on factors associated with candidal vaginal colonization, a precursor of vaginitis, in a cohort of HIV-infected women in Italy. All consecutive women attending a single, tertiary care clinical site were offered free screening for sexually transmitted infections and genital disord...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Beltrame A,Matteelli A,Carvalho AC,Saleri N,Casalini C,Capone S,Patroni A,Manfrin M,Carosi G

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00