Male sex workers in Antwerp, Belgium: a descriptive study.

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：:Late HIV diagnosis in the UK remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. In line with British HIV Association recommendations, we implemented routine HIV Screening in Croydon University Hospital Acute Medical Unit in London after an audit in 2011 revealed very high levels of late diagnosis. Our re-audit assessed...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hill-Tout R,Cormack I,Elgalib A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sub-Saharan Africa disproportionately represents the largest incidence of both HIV/AIDS and internal conflicts. The impact of conflict on HIV incidence is largely unknown. Current epidemiological evidence paradoxically suggests that in most populations affected by conflict, HIV prevalence is lower than surrounding com...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mills EJ,Singh S,Nelson BD,Nachega JB

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior research indicates that injection drug users forget substantial proportions of their injection partners when asked to recall them. Such under-reporting hampers both ascertainment of the injection networks that underlie transmission of blood-borne pathogens and contact-tracing efforts for disease control. We repo...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Brewer DD,Hagan H,Hough ES

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis is a well recognized complication of advanced HIV disease and is only rarely diagnosed in patients with normal immune function. A case of CMV colitis occurring in early HIV infection is described. Although CMV infection is normally confined to patients with advanced HIV disease, it is pos...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Smith PR,Glynn M,Sheaff M,Aitken C

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study on STDs was conducted among 211 female inmates in a prison in Lisbon, Portugal, in order to establish possible associations between Trichomonas vaginalis infection, sociodemographic factors and other STDs. T. vaginalis was found in 31.2% of the women, from whom only 65.1% presented symptoms. It was more freque...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Garcia A,Exposto F,Prieto E,Lopes M,Duarte A,Correia da Silva R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to assess the usefulness of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) pp65 antigenaemia test, also called the CMV direct antigen test (DAT), in the management of patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection; we studied all patients who had pp65 assays between 8 September 1995 and 30 August 1996. Twenty-t...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Fox EF,Smith NA,Rice P,Dunn H,Peters BS

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood lipids and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) are used to assess cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. We evaluated in a cross-sectional design the relationship of hsCRP to markers of liver function (aspartate and alanine transaminases [AST and ALT, respectively]), CVD risk factors and HIV-disease progress...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Baum MK,Rafie C,Sales S,Lai S,Duan R,Jayaweera DT,Page JB,Campa A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonorrhoea in the UK is now a highly focal problem that is localized to certain inner city areas where it presents a significant public health concern. However, the majority of men and a proportion of women infested with Neisseria gonorrhoeae do not experience symptoms of sufficient intensity to prompt them to seek me...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Davies PO,Low N,Ison CA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two appetite stimulants, megestrol acetate and cyproheptadine were administered in a randomized trial to 14 patients who had no evidence of opportunistic infection or malabsorption but were wasted (had lost more than 5 kg body weight) as a result of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Energy intakes were cal...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Summerbell CD,Youle M,McDonald V,Catalan J,Gazzard BG

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to clarify the prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium in asymptomatic men in Japan. First-catch urine specimens were obtained from 187 asymptomatic Japanese men and examined for the presence of M. genitalium using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay. Two (1.1%) of 187 first-catch urine specimens were pos...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Uno M,Deguchi T,Saito A,Yasuda M,Komeda H,Kawada Y

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Syphilis rates have been increasing in men who have sex with men (MSM) in London. To describe risk behaviour and refine public health interventions, we conducted prospective enhanced surveillance of new syphilis cases in MSM attending selected London sexual health clinics (SHCs) between October 2016 and January 2017. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rana S,Macdonald N,French P,Jarman J,Patel S,Portman M,Suchak T,Sullivan A,White J,Crook P

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals diagnosed with HIV before 1996 had poor prognoses. Few HIV care centers can track patients continuously from the 1980s to present. We determined the sociodemographic, clinical, and health care utilization characteristics of patients diagnosed and followed for >20 years (i.e. long-term HIV/AIDS survivors) t...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Krentz HB,John Gill M

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:Limited data exist on hepatitis B revaccination strategies for HIV-infected individuals who do not develop immunity after the first vaccination series. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to assess the immunogenicity of the second series of hepatitis B vaccine given in standard dosing (SD) and double dosing (DD...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Chatkittikunwong G,Khawcharoenporn T

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Self sampling of the secretions of the female genital tract for microbiological investigations for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis and Trichomonas vaginalis was assessed in female attenders of the genitourinary medicine clinic in Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital. The purpose of the study was to evaluate...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Markos AR,Wade AA,Walzman M,Shahmanesh M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals infected with HIV who are out of care are at a higher risk of HIV-related morbidity and mortality. It has been difficult to recruit a representative sample of out-of-care patients for epidemiological studies. Using a novel weighting method, we constructed a representative sample of out-of-care HIV patients...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Xia Q,Neaigus A,Bernard MA,Raj-Singh S,Shepard CW

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women attending a dedicated medical gynaecology and family planning referral clinic for women with HIV were surveyed using a standard questionnaire about their knowledge and attitudes to post-exposure prophylaxis after sexual exposure (PEPSE) and emergency hormonal contraception (EHC). Eighty percent of them had not h...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Samuel M,Taylor C,Brady M,McDonald C,Poulton M,Tenant-Flowers M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of HIV viral load (VL) is the best indicator of success of antiretroviral therapy. We investigated the correlation between results by the Cepheid GeneXpert and a standard of care VL assay (Abbott M2000). This was a prospective study of people living with HIV who attended the department for routine VL measu...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Manavi K,Hodson J,Masuka S,Singo M,Dedicoat K,Osman H

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We adapted the Healthy Love Workshop (HLW), an HIV prevention workshop for African American women in the United States, for African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) women in Toronto, Canada. We conducted a pilot study with ACB women ( n = 80) in ten community-based settings with pre-test (T1), post-test (T2) and three-month...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Logie CH,Okumu M,Ryan S,Yehdego DM,Lee-Foon N

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the distributions of known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection among drug injectors in Glasgow over a 3.5 year period. Data were obtained from all relevant laboratory request forms submitted to Glasgow's 3 virology laboratories during the period 1 January ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gruer LD,Peedle M,Carrington D,Clements GB,Follett EA

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whilst much is known about the individual-level risk factors for herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) infection, little is known about why only some populations develop generalized HSV-2 epidemics. This study aims to assess the extent to which partner-concurrency (a factor which operates at both the partnership- and network...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kenyon C,Colebunders R,Buve A,Hens N

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the impact on men's liking for the condoms they use of a range of factors including demographic variables and variables that describe men's experience of using particular condoms. One hundred and ninety-four men used 3765 condoms for which they provided a liking rating. The co...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Smith AM,Jolley D,Hocking J,Benton K,Gerofi J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the work is to describe the occurrence of ocular complications and loss of vision due to herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) in HIV-positive patients who received early antiviral therapy for HZO.This is a post hoc analysis of prospectively collected data.Twenty-four HIV-positive patients with HZO were included...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Nithyanandam S,Joseph M,Stephen J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The persistent sexual arousal syndrome (PSAS) is a newly described entity where women become involuntarily aroused genitally for extended periods in time in the absence of sexual desire. Genital vasoengorgement and oedema have been observed. These women are found to be usually very distressed. The cause of the syndrom...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Goldmeier D,Leiblum SR

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 and HSV-2 are frequent genital co-infections in women. To determine how self-collected genital swabs compare to provider-collected cervicovaginal lavage, paired self-collected genital swabs and cervicovaginal lavage from women co-infected with HIV-1 and HSV-2 were evaluated. Women were in an acyclovir clinical t...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： McNicholl JM,Leelawiwat W,Whitehead S,Hanson DL,Evans-Strickfaden T,Cheng CY,Chonwattana W,Mueanpai F,Kittinunvorakoon C,Markowitz L,Dunne EF

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study assessed beliefs about highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and their association with reported adherence to HAART among 109 HIV-positive patients receiving HAART while attending an ambulatory care clinic in Brighton, UK. Patients' beliefs about the necessity for and concerns about H...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Horne R,Buick D,Fisher M,Leake H,Cooper V,Weinman J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first HIV-positive diagnosis among injecting drug users (IDU) in Glasgow was made in 1985. By the end of 1987 prevalence among IDU receiving voluntary attributable tests was 4.8%. Since 1990, an annual cross-sectional survey of HIV prevalence and risk behaviours among 500 current Glasgow IDU has provided a more re...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Taylor A,Frischer M,Green ST,Goldberg D,McKeganey N,Gruer L

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influenza vaccination can reduce disease in HIV-infected children. The durability of the antibody response after trivalent influenza vaccine is important for management. The aim of this prospective study was to assess the durability of seroprotection for trivalent influenza vaccine strains and the factors effecting se...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Moolasart V,Manosuthi W,Ausavapipit J,Chottanapund S,Likanonsakul S,Uttayamakul S,Srisopha S,Lerdsamran H,Puthavathana P

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00