Indicators for sexual HIV transmission risk among people in Thailand attending HIV care: the importance of positive prevention.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about infection rates for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other diseases that can be transmitted sexually in Bangladeshi women who may be at intermediate levels of risk--that is, women who are not commercial sex workers (CSWs) but whose sexual contacts may include men at high risk for ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Gibney L,Macaluso M,Kirk K,Hassan MS,Schwebke J,Vermund SH,Choudhury P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recently marketed nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) have improved specificity over previous generation assays. A study to assess the necessity for confirmation of Roche cobas 4800 NG positive samples was undertaken by the Public Health Wales Microbiology ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Perry MD,Jones RN,Corden SA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Trichomoniasis (TV) is associated with an increased risk of acquisition of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV. The purpose of this study is to evaluate factors associated with incidence TV among female STD clinic attendees in the USA. METHODS:Data were collected from women participating in a rando...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Alcaide ML,Feaster DJ,Duan R,Cohen S,Diaz C,Castro JG,Golden MR,Henn S,Colfax GN,Metsch LR

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Millions of patients are prescribed drugs for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in developing countries each year, yet the treatment effect of these prescriptions is largely unknown. OBJECTIVES:To determine if the prescribing of erythromycin and ceftriaxone to pregnant women with STI symptoms leads to ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Romoren M,Rahman M,Sundby J,Hjortdahl P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Performance of the new Becton Dickinson ProbeTec GC Q(x) assay on the BD VIPER platform was evaluated to ascertain whether confirmatory testing is required in our clinical setting. METHODS:Positive predictive value (PPV) was determined by comparison with culture and a confirmatory nucleic acid amplification...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Pope CF,Hay P,Alexander S,Capaldi K,Dave J,Sadiq ST,Ison CA,Planche T

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anogenital warts (AGWs, condylomata acuminata) are among the most common STIs and may severely impact quality of life (QoL). Available treatment options are characterised by a high proportion of non-responders and recurrences. OBJECTIVE:To systematically review and meta-analyse the available evidence from r...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Werner RN,Westfechtel L,Dressler C,Nast A

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apolipoprotein E is polymorphic in the human population. APOE4 has previously been reported to correlate with symptomatic oral and genital herpes disease. METHODS:APOE was genotyped in 182 subjects with herpes simplex virus (HSV) 2 and in 62 subjects with HSV-1, including 44 subjects with both viral types f...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Koelle DM,Magaret A,Warren T,Schellenberg GD,Wald A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have estimated Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) prevalence in the general population, most prevalence studies being based on people already attending healthcare settings. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the prevalence of CT in France, assess the feasibility of home sampling without any face-to-face interventio...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Goulet V,de Barbeyrac B,Raherison S,Prudhomme M,Semaille C,Warszawski J,CSF group.

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore ideas of truck drivers and villagers from rural Tanzania about heterosexual anal sex (HAS) and the associated health risks. METHODS:Qualitative study using 8 in-depth interviews (IDIs) and 2 focus group discussions (FGDs) with truck drivers and 16 IDIs and 4 FGDs with villagers from the Morogoro r...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Mtenga S,Shamba D,Wamoyi J,Kakoko D,Haafkens J,Mongi A,Kapiga S,Geubbels E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate local cellular immune responses in patients with acute urethritis. METHODS:We have established T cell lines from the urethral exudate and examined their phenotype by flow cytometry. As controls, T cell lines were cultured from first pass urine specimens of asymptomatic healthy individuals. R...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Brunst M,Shahmanesh M,Sukthankar A,Pearce JH,Gaston JS

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop two new models of expedited partner therapy for the UK, and evaluate them for feasibility, acceptability and preliminary outcome estimates to inform the design of a randomised controlled trial (RCT). METHODS:Two models of expedited partner therapy (APTHotline and APTPharmacy), known as 'Accelerat...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Estcourt C,Sutcliffe L,Cassell J,Mercer CH,Copas A,James L,Low N,Horner P,Clarke M,Symonds M,Roberts T,Tsourapas A,Johnson AM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the Netherlands, the Gonococcal Resistance to Antimicrobials Surveillance (GRAS) programme is carried out at Centres for Sexual Health (CSH), which provide care for sexual high-risk populations. However, half of gonorrhoea infections are diagnosed in general practice (GP). We performed a pilot study to exp...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Visser M,van Westreenen M,van Bergen J,van Benthem BHB

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In settings with poor sexually transmitted infection (STI) control in high-risk groups, periodic presumptive treatment (PPT) can quickly reduce the prevalence of genital ulcers, Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT). However, few studies have assessed the impact on HIV. Mathematical model...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Vickerman P,Ndowa F,O'Farrell N,Steen R,Alary M,Delany-Moretlwe S

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2003, an ongoing lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) proctitis outbreak has been reported in industrialised countries with a new variant designated L2b. Only men who have sex with men (MSM) are affected and most are HIV co-infected; delayed or incorrect diagnoses are frequent. We report a rare clinical case of LGV pr...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Spenatto N,Boulinguez S,de Barbeyrac B,Viraben R

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY DESIGN:This study investigated whether access to genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinics meets UK-recommended standards. METHODS:In January 2014 and 2015, postal questionnaires about appointment and service characteristics were sent to lead clinicians of UK GUM clinics. In February 2014 and 2015, researchers posing...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Foley E,Furegato M,Hughes G,Board C,Hayden V,Prescott T,Shone E,Patel R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying predictors that contribute to geographical disparities in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is necessary. This study assesses the spatial relationship between condom availability to locations of STIs in order to better understand these geographical disparities. OBJECTIVES:We conducted a con...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Shacham E,Nelson EJ,Schulte L,Bloomfield M,Murphy R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the impact of HIV on mortality in men and women aged 15-54 in London. DESIGN:Combination of routine mortality statistics with reports of AIDS deaths adjusted for underreporting and change in address from time of report to time of death. Calculation of standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) for male...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Hickman M,Bardsley M,De Angelis D,Ward H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:During the last decades, a changing epidemiological pattern of genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection has emerged. Primary infection is now caused as often by HSV-1 as by HSV-2. Once established, HSV can be reactivated leading to recurrent mucocutaneous lesions as well as meningitis. Why some otherwise...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Franzen-Röhl E,Schepis D,Atterfelt F,Franck K,Wikström A,Liljeqvist JÅ,Bergström T,Aurelius E,Kärre K,Berg L,Gaines H

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STI) among female sex workers (FSW) in Kaiyuan city, Yunnan province, China, and to identify risk factors associated with STI. METHODS:A cross-sectional study of 737 FSW was carried out from March to May 2006, with confidential interviews a...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Wang H,Wang N,Bi A,Wang G,Ding G,Jia M,Lu L,Smith K

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV are at high risk of infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV), the cause of anal cancer. We assess whether anal HPV DNA detection is related to recent anal sexual activity, what types of anal sexual activity or the persistence of HPV genotypes. METHO...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Ong JJ,Chen M,Tabrizi SN,Cornall A,Garland SM,Jin F,Tee BK,Eu B,Fairley CK

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The India AIDS Initiative (Avahan) project is involved in rapid scale-up of HIV-prevention interventions in high-risk populations. This study examines the cost variation of 107 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) implementing targeted interventions, over the start up (defined as period from project incepti...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Chandrashekar S,Guinness L,Kumaranayake L,Reddy B,Govindraj Y,Vickerman P,Alary M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To design and implement an HIV surveillance system using periodic cross sectional prevalence surveys in National Guard recruits of the Republic of Cyprus. METHODS:HIV infection surveillance used unlinked anonymous screening (UAS) methodology, which tested residual blood originally collected for other purpos...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Kyriakides T,Eleftheriou A,Michaelides N,Papantoniou L

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gonorrhoea is increasing among men who have sex with men (MSM). We aimed to determine whether Listerine, a commercial mouthwash product, has an inhibitory effect against Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) and an in vitro study, and therefore may be a potentially useful agent for gon...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Chow EP,Howden BP,Walker S,Lee D,Bradshaw CS,Chen MY,Snow A,Cook S,Fehler G,Fairley CK

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe sexual risk behaviour, correlates of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) and never testing for HIV and its implications for HIV prevention interventions among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria and other similar contexts. METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was administered to 712 MSM in Abu...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Vu L,Andrinopoulos K,Tun W,Adebajo S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serological testing for herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 in persons without a history of genital herpes is not recommended, partly because of concerns that an HSV-2 diagnosis would lead to negative psychosocial sequelae. This review aimed to examine the evidence regarding the psychosocial effects of HSV-2 s...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Ross K,Johnston C,Wald A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The incidence of HIV and STIs increased among men who have sex with men (MSM) visiting our STI clinic in Amsterdam. Interestingly, HIV increased mainly among older (> or =35 years) MSM, whereas infection rates of rectal gonorrhoea increased mainly in younger men. To explore this discrepancy we compared trend...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： van der Bij AK,Stolte IG,Coutinho RA,Dukers NH

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adamantiades-Behçet's disease was diagnosed in a 42 year old Turkish patient with recurrent oral aphthae, genital ulcerations, papules, and sterile pustules, histologically presenting as cutaneous vasculitis, and intermittent arthritis with joint effusion particularly of the knees. Six months after initial improvement...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Meljanac N,Dippel E,Zouboulis CC

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:National prevalence estimates of Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhoea) are important for providing insights in the occurrence and control of these STIs. The aim was to obtain national prevalence estimates for chlamydia and gonorrhoea and to investigate risk factors associat...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Heijne JCM,van den Broek IVF,Bruisten SM,van Bergen JEA,de Graaf H,van Benthem BHB

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Numbers of newly diagnosed HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Germany increased after the year 2000. We sought to explore trends in STI co-infections around the time of HIV seroconversion in patients from the German HIV-1 seroconverter cohort from 1996-2007. METHODS:MSM from the cohort ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Spielmann N,Münstermann D,Hagedorn HJ,an der Heiden M,Houareau C,Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer B,Kücherer C,Keeren K,Hamouda O,Marcus U,German HIV-1 Seroconverter Study Group.

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A key indicator of success of HIV prevention programmes is the number of female sex worker (FSW) sex acts protected by condoms. This measure usually relies on FSW reports, which may be biased. We examined condom availability data in five Karnataka districts to estimate the proportion of FSW sex acts potentia...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted infections

authors： Bradley J,Moses S,Blanchard JF,Rajaram S,Ramesh BM,Verma S,Alary M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00