Can data from HIV voluntary counselling and testing be used to assess the impact of public health interventions? A literature review.

abstract：:Our objective was to explore the epidemiology of HIV and syphilis at population level in young Chinese adults. The study was carried out in six areas of three Chinese provinces: Zhejiang, Yunnan and Shaanxi. All couples attending the compulsory premarital examination were recruited. Routinely taken blood was collected...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hesketh T,Tang F,Wang ZB,Huang XM,Williams D,Cubitt DW,Tomkins AM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) are two of the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infections in the UK. Although the high burden of extra-genital infections with GC and CT in men who have sex with men has been well established, a significant number of extra-genital site infections ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Garner AL,Schembri G,Cullen T,Lee V

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Factors affecting the eligibility and acceptability of voluntary counselling and rapid HIV testing (VCT) were examined among pregnant women presenting in labour in Pune, India. Of the 6702 total women appearing at the delivery room from April 2001 to March 2002, 4638 (69%) were admitted for normal delivery. The remain...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Bharucha KE,Sastry J,Shrotri A,Sutar S,Joshi A,Bhore AV,Phadke MA,Bollinger RC,Shankar AV

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of acute limbic encephalitis secondary to HIV seroconversion. The patient made a gradual neurological recovery following treatment with antiretroviral therapy, steroids and intravenous immunoglobulin. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Scriven J,Davies S,Banerjee AK,Jenkins N,Watson J

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elicit the needs of asylum seekers attending the Royal Hallamshire genitourinary medicine clinic for the first time in 2002 and whether these differed from British patients, a search of patient records for 2002 identified 43 asylum seekers (21 female, 22 male) who were paired with 43 British patients matched by age...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rogstad KE,Dale H

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 21-year-old man presented to genitourinary (GU) medicine physicians with (initially) painful penile and scrotal swelling. A diagnosis of ano-genital granulomatosis was confirmed on histological analysis of penile skin. Enquiring about systemic symptoms resulted in the additional diagnosis of gastrointestinal Crohn's...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gordon KD,Brice G,Walker Y,Pollok R,Mortimer P,Slater C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study explored the prevalence and correlates of syphilis infection among people who use and inject drugs (PWUD/PWID) in Cambodia. Data were collected in 2017 from 1,677 PWUD/PWID living in the capital city of Phnom Penh and 11 other major provinces using the respondent-driven sampling method. The ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Yi S,Prem K,Chhoun P,Chann N,Tuot S,Mun P,Mburu G

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rising heterosexual syphilis in south London in 2002 prompted Local Enhanced Syphilis Surveillance (LESS) in five of the 10 genitourinary medicine clinics. LESS reported a fall in heterosexual infectious syphilis in 2004 that was corroborated by the National Enhanced Syphilis Surveillance (NESS). However, mandatory cl...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Menon-Johansson AS,Young Y,Maguire H,Trail P,Ward H

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of antiretroviral drugs in pregnancy is poorly understood. We reviewed the use of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) in clinical settings to document plasma concentrations of lopinavir during pregnancy and investigated how clinicians acted upon TDM results. A retrospective review was carried out of...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Caswell RJ,Phillips D,Chaponda M,Khoo SH,Taylor GP,Ghanem M,Poulton M,Welch J,Gibbons S,Jackson V,Lambert JS

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (TRNG) contain a 25.2 MDa TetM plasmid encoding a 68 KDa cytoplasmic protein which confers high-level tetracycline resistance. The aim of this study was to subtype all TRNG isolated in Scotland between 1992 and 1998. Subtyping was performed by a polymerase chain reaction (P...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Beattie T,Moyes A,Patrizio C,Young H

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the case of a black African woman who presented with three distinct episodes of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection unresponsive to first-line therapy. Clinical and virological resistance to aciclovir therapy was demonstrated, and although the first two episodes manifested as the deep ulceration often associa...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Boothby M,Radcliffe K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) HIV co-infection is common and associated with increased risk of HIV transmission. HSV-2 seroprevalence was assessed on stored samples from baseline and one year follow-up from 81 patients identified with acute HIV infection and 81 age-matched chronically infected men. HSV-2 seropre...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lagnese M,Daar ES,Christenson P,Rieg G

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between sexual risk and alcohol consumption may be self-evident but have eluded detailed examination in the UK. A cohort of 520 genitourinary (GU) medicine clinic attenders in the south of England were given a detailed questionnaire and compared with a matched cohort from the General Household Survey (GHS...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Standerwick K,Davies C,Tucker L,Sheron N

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) continue to be the most common notifiable infectious conditions worldwide. Their unacceptably high incidence is underlined by the recent emergence of a (presently) incurable and lethal STD--human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection--which merits its description as a pandemic, an...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mulhall BP

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to describe the quality and costs of sexually transmitted disease (STD) case management in urban pharmacies in The Gambia, and explore pharmacy workers' (PWs) willingness to improve the STD care they provide. PWs from 24 registered pharmacies were interviewed in order to collect information on their k...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Leiva A,Shaw M,Paine K,Manneh K,McAdam K,Mayaud P

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anxiety disorders (ADs) occurring in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are often poorly identified in spite of the untold consequences that may result if not diagnosed and treated promptly. This study aimed to describe factors associated with ADs among PLWHA. Three hundred participants were administered sociodemogra...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Olagunju AT,Adeyemi JD,Erinfolami AR,Ogundipe OA

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective database study at two HIV treatment centres, medical records were accessed to evaluate long-term efficacy and safety parameters in all HIV-infected adults who had achieved HIV-1 RNA <50 copies/mL following the initiation of fosamprenavir (FPV)/ritonavir (RTV) 1400 mg/100 mg once-daily (QD)-containin...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Blick G,Greiger-Zanlungo P,Gretz S,Han J,Dupree D,Garton T,Yau LH,Wine BC,Pakes GE,Boosting Once-daily Lexiva Delivery with ritonavir 100 mg QD BOLD100 Study Team.

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to investigate whether Postal Test Kits (PTKs) for Chlamydia trachomatis in Edinburgh offer an alternative to genitourinary (GU) medicine clinic attendance. All PTKs returned in the Edinburgh area over a six-month period from August 2005 were audited. Data on age and previous access to GU medicine se...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Davison R,Bartholemew S,Clutterbuck DJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:A retrospective casenote study was conducted to examine the risk factors for patients who were diagnosed as hepatitis C (HCV)-positive (between 1999 and 2001) in a semi-rural genitourinary medicine (GUM) setting in Staffordshire, UK. There was a remarkable escalation in the number of reported HCV-positive cases, year ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Markos AR

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genitourinary (GU) medicine services are under increasing pressure due to increased workload. The Department of Health responded to this crisis by allocating pump-priming funding of ?5 million direct to GU medicine clinics in 2002-03. A survey was performed of all clinics in England to determine if funding was receive...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rogstad KE,Copas AJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:The USA and international recommendations no longer emphasize using risk factors to target groups for HIV-testing. Using a Guatemalan database of HIV tests, we developed a clinical prediction rule to guide decisions on HIV-testing. Prior to HIV-testing, data were collected on demographics, risk factors and prior testi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Anderson MR,Samayoa B,O'Sullivan LF,Fletcher J,Arathoon E

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The organization of STI-control in the Netherlands is described. STIs represent a relatively modest health problem in the Netherlands. Chlamydia trachomatis is the most frequent STI. Recent reports show that STIs are on the rise again, especially amongst gay men. The general health system deals with STIs, the main pro...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Coenen AJ,Berends R,Van der Meijden WI

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the effect of HIV prevention intervention among female sex workers in Delhi. Over a 2-year period we found a marked increase in condom use with little increase in HIV seroprevalence. The prevalence of HIV infection did not increase during the study period (1 positive among 701 in 1988 vs 1 positiv...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Singh YN,Malaviya AN

更新日期：1994-01-01 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