Sexual history taking in general practice: managing sexually transmitted infections for female sex workers by doctors and assistant doctors in Vietnam.

abstract：:Pthiriasis palpebrarum caused by infestation with Pthirus pubis (crab louse) draws attention to pediculosis in the pubic and inguinal region. As pthiriasis is usually transmitted by sexual contact, many cases are likely to have other sexually transmitted diseases. A multidisciplinary approach is essential in the manag...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Manjunatha NP,Jayamanne GR,Desai SP,Moss TR,Lalik J,Woodland A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kiosk-facilitated HIV self-testing has been shown to be accurate and well accepted by emergency department (ED) patients. We investigated factors associated with patients who preferred self-testing over testing performed by health professionals in an ED-based HIV screening program. This opt-in program evaluation studi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hsieh YH,Beck KJ,Rothman RE,Gauvey-Kern M,Woodfield A,Peterson S,Signer D,Gaydos CA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our goal was to define the risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection among pregnant women at a large urban medical centre. In a retrospective study, clinical records at a US maternity unit from July 2005 through February 2008 were reviewed. The study population included all pregnant women with a singleton ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Silveira MF,Erbelding EJ,Ghanem KG,Johnson HL,Burke AE,Zenilman JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies on 'unrealistic optimism' (UO), when people are asked questions designed to make them compare their risk of experiencing an undesirable event with that of the average person, they tend to respond that their risk is lower. This study investigated whether comparisons of own and others' risk also occur spontan...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gold RS

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to implement a sexual health behavioural intervention in Greenland in order to reduce sexually transmitted infection rates among a population of Greenland youth. This behavioural intervention was called Inuulluataarneq (Having the Good Life). Inuulluataarneq's objects included: (1) increa...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rink E,Montgomery-Andersen R,Anastario M

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Public health authorities have long believed that the preponderance of AIDS cases in Africa are attributable to 'heterosexual transmission'; most people silently assume this rubric to indicate penile-vaginal intercourse only. Recent epidemiologic analyses suggest that the majority of HIV cases in sub-Saharan Africa ma...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Brody S,Potterat JJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：: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：:The aim of this work was to study the human papillomavirus (HPV) type-distribution in condylomata acuminata (CA) of mainland China and to estimate the potential role of HPV prophylactic vaccines for CA in mainland China. Forty-three studies using polymerase chain reaction to detect HPV were included in this meta-analy...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Wang H,Qiao YL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2) infections continue to be among the most common and unrecognized sexually transmitted infections in the world. Although treatable, HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections remain incurable. Hence, there is interest in the development of a vaccine to prevent genital herpes. As part of a...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gorfinkel IS,Aoki F,McNeil S,Dionne M,Shafran SD,Zickler P,Halperin S,Langley J,Bellamy A,Schulte J,Heineman T,Belshe R

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:Sweet's syndrome is a rare skin condition associated with both drug treatment and a number of different disease processes including haematological malignancies, inflammatory conditions and HIV infection. In this case report, we present a patient with HIV, haemophilia and hepatitis C who presented to our team with sign...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Deasy AM,Walker B,Layton AM,Lacey CJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to quantify the impact of recurrent genital herpes (RGH) on health-related quality of life, healthcare resource and workplace productivity. This was a cross-sectional survey conducted in 5 countries (Australia, Denmark, Italy, The Netherlands and UK). Patients with a confirmed history of ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Patel R,Boselli F,Cairo I,Barnett G,Price M,Wulf HC

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:Tanzania has high human immunodeficiency virus and human herpes virus-8 rates linked to Kaposi's sarcoma. We conducted a study at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to examine changes in proportions of Kaposi's sarcoma to all cancers over the period (2006-2011) of increased acquired immune defi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Koski L,Ngoma T,Mwaiselage J,Le L,Soliman AS

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:There are few data on the impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen factors on adherence in ART-naïve HIV patients on contemporary once- or twice-daily regimens. Ninety-nine newly diagnosed patients in a prospective observational cohort study completed a visual analogue scale to assess their ART adherence. Adhere...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Buscher A,Hartman C,Kallen MA,Giordano TP

更新日期：2012-05-01 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

abstract：:In a study to determine the significance of Bacteroides ureolyticus in the lower urogenital tract using a new selective and differential medium, this organism was isolated from 30.1% of asymptomatic men, 37.8% of men with genital warts, and 26.3% of men with non-gonococcal urethritis. Using the same selective medium B...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Woolley PD,Kinghorn GR,Bennett KW,Eley A

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-eight men with symptoms of chronic or subacute prostatitis were enrolled. Investigations for the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis in urethral swabs were carried out. The expressed prostatic secretions were additionally examined for Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Gardnerella vaginalis, other gram-...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ostaszewska I,Zdrodowska-Stefanow B,Badyda J,Pucilo K,Trybula J,Bulhak V

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People tend to believe that their chance of experiencing undesirable events is lower and their chance of experiencing desirable events is higher than that of the average person like them. Two explanatory models of such 'unrealistic optimism' (UO) have been proposed: While the motivational account holds that UO serves ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Gold RS

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing incidence of chronic kidney disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the number of HIV-infected patients requiring hemodialysis has also increased. Dolutegravir is an integrase inhibitor that is a common component of HIV treatment regimens. Currently, there is no guidance regard...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kreft KN,Spencer CA,Raghuram A

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:Vertical HIV transmission rates and associated factors among mother-infant pairs cared for at a Brazilian reference centre from 1988 to 1993 (period 1), and from 1996 to 1999 (period 2) were evaluated. A total of 150 and 239 infants born to HIV+ mothers were enrolled at birth during these periods. No zidovudine prophy...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mussi-Pinhata MM,Kato CM,Duarte G,Paschoini MC,Bettiol H,Quintana SM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People living with HIV (PLH) in Thailand face tremendous challenges, including HIV disclosure. With the advent of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in Thailand, the positive benefits of HIV disclosure are becoming more salient. However, there are regional variations in the levels of HIV disclosure in Thailand. We examined ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lee SJ,Li L,Jiraphongsa C,Iamsirithaworn S,Khumtong S,Rotheram-Borus MJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The World Health Organization expects the rate of new HIV infections to decline in all global regions before the year 2005, except in South East Asia. More than 3 million people become HIV infected each year in South East Asia. It is incorrect to discuss it as a whole since the cultures in the region are so differen...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Dwyer JM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chancroid is a sexually acquired disease caused by Haemophilus ducreyi. The infection is characterized by one or more genital ulcers, which are soft and painful, and regional lymphadenitis which may develop into buboes. The infection may easily be misidentified due to its rare occurrence in Europe and difficulties in ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kemp M,Christensen JJ,Lautenschlager S,Vall-Mayans M,Moi H

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00