Predictors identifying those at increased risk for STDs: a theory-guided review of empirical literature and clinical guidelines.

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 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：: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：: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：:Adolescents in Africa are at high risk for HIV infection, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and bacterial vaginosis (BV). Since behavior and burden of STIs/BV may influence HIV risk, behavioral risk factors and prevalence of STIs/BV were compared in HIV-seronegative adolescent females (n = 298; 16-22 years)...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Barnabas SL,Dabee S,Passmore JS,Jaspan HB,Lewis DA,Jaumdally SZ,Gamieldien H,Masson L,Muller E,Maseko VD,Mkhize N,Mbulawa Z,Williamson AL,Gray CM,Hope TJ,Chiodi F,Dietrich J,Gray G,Bekker LG,Women’s Initiative in Se

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors and depressive symptoms among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 15-24 years attending four public family planning clinics in Western Kenya from January to June 2019. Moderate-to-severe depression (MSD) was defined as a Center for Ep...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Larsen A,Kinuthia J,Lagat H,Sila J,Abuna F,Kohler P,John-Stewart G,Pintye J

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：: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：: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：:The epidemic of HIV/AIDS greatly threatens Chinese youth. Our study was intended to examine the effectiveness of the peer education method in HIV/AIDS prevention in different types of senior high schools in Shanghai. A peer education intervention was conducted in 10 different types of senior high schools, including th...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Shen LX,Hong H,Cai Y,Jin XM,Shi R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the health risk profile of prostitutes in Dublin. Clinical records of all 150 new prostitutes who attended a drop-in clinic for prostitutes in Dublin city during the period 1991-1997 were reviewed. Variables examined included: age, use of injectable drugs, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status,...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： McDonnell RJ,McDonnell PM,O'Neill M,Mulcahy F

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：:Women who have a prevention mindset may opt for concurrent use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and all forms of contraception; we therefore assessed how contraception may influence PrEP use or vice versa. We analyzed data from Kenyan and Ugandan HIV-uninfected non-pregnant women in sero-discordant partnerships...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ngure K,Velloza J,Patel RC,Mugo NR,Bukusi EA,Haberer JE,Odoyo J,Celum C,Baeten JM,Heffron R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current cervical screening guidelines lay the duty of care of women under 25 years of age on genitourinary (GU) medicine clinics. To date there has not been an extensive review of cervical cytology results sourced from GU medicine departments. We reviewed the annual reports of the cervical screening programme, wit...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Markos AR

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:This study investigated the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in HIV-infected adults at the time of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation in Guangdong province, China. A total of 2793 HIV-infected adults were enrolled between January 2004 and September 2011. Demographic data and...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Huang SM,Cai WP,Hu FY,Lan Y,Liao BL,Chen YP,Tang XP

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who do not attend (DNA) clinic appointments are wasteful of resources and may also pose a potential public health risk through the onward transmission of untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs). This service evaluation was performed to assess the demographics of DNAs, patient reasons for non-attendan...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Swarbrick C,Foley E,Sanmani L,Patel R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protozoon Blastocystis hominis may cause episodes of diarrhoea with abdominal pain, tenesmus, fever and eosinophilia. We have observed 5 cases of blastocystosis in male subjects with symptomatic HIV infection. All patients had a complete response to metronidazole. This report confirms that Blastocystis hominis may...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Garavelli PL,Scaglione L,Bicocchi R,Libanore M

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical utility of genotypic drug resistance testing (DRT) in HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is not well understood. HIV-infected patients aged <19 years undergoing DRT for virological failure were retrospectively enrolled. Indications for DRT and changes in HIV RNA load were recorded. Betw...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Dehority W,Deville JG,Lujan-Zilbermann J,Spector SA,Viani RM

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：: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：: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：:Summary Comprehensive testing for asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections in Northern Ireland has traditionally been provided by genitourinary medicine clinics. As patient demand for services has increased while budgets have remained limited, there has been increasing difficulty in accommodating this demand. In M...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kelly C,Johnston J,Carey F

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To follow the progression of HIV seropositivity among heterosexual adults at risk for HIV infection in the country of Rwanda prospectively, up to 100 patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STD) were tested each month from 1988 to 1991 at the health centre of Biryogo, which is located in a very crowded sector of ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Karita E,Martinez W,Van de Perre P,Nziyumvira A,Nyiraminani J,Butera JB,Fox E

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：:The aim of this revision is to evaluate ethnicity and gender rate of enrolment in registrative clinical trials of the protease inhibitors (Pls) from 1996 to 2009. Company-sponsored, phase II or III registrative clinical trials of PIs were evaluated. Forty-nine clinical trials were included. Clinical trials were conduc...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Seminari E,De Silvestri A,Scudeller L,Scotti V,Tinelli C

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：: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：:The aim of this paper is to perform a critical review of the effectiveness of interventions for the purpose of enhancing adherence to antiretroviral therapy. The overall evaluation indicates that research is in its early stages. Although pilot studies provide support for the feasibility of their protocols, and prelimi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Côté JK,Godin G

更新日期：2005-05-01 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