Lack of behavioural risk factors for squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL) in HIV-infected women.

abstract：:Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) rates in women are increasing and many are asymptomatic. Nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) are becoming the 'gold standard' for diagnosis. We aimed to establish our asymptomatic TV rates by testing all women attending Oxfordshire's Sexual Health service, regardless of symptoms, using ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lord E,Newnham T,Dorrell L,Jesuthasan G,Clarke L,Jeffery K,Sherrard J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background In Kenya, HIV incidence and prevalence have declined. HIV rates are lower in rural areas than in urban areas. However, HIV infection is reported higher in men in rural areas (4.5%) compared to those in urban areas (3.7%). Objectives This study examined HIV knowledge, feelings, and interactions towards HIV-i...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kingori C,Haile ZT,Ngatia P,Nderitu R

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These clinical standards for the screening and management of acquired syphilis in HIV-positive patients in the UK were first made available on the MSSVD website in February 2002. They have been updated by the 2006 UK National Guideline on the Sexual Health of People with HIV which is also published in this issue of th...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Nandwani R,Fisher M,Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases HIV Special Interest Group.

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the purpose of surveillance of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended criteria for the clinical case definition of AIDS in adults and children. In a preliminary examination of children in Zambia a number of patients with obvious AI...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Chintu C,Malek A,Nyumbu M,Luo C,Masona J,DuPont HL,Zumla A

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of HIV infection in drug addicts and to address their drug habit, sexual life style and socioeconomic factors. This study was conducted among 505 male drug addicts comprising 250 intravenous drug users (IDUs) and 255 non-IDUs. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay wa...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Islam SK,Hossain KJ,Kamal M,Ahsan M

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:To analyse the prevalence of high ferritin levels in asymptomatic HIV patients and its related factors we conducted a cross-sectional study of a cohort of HIV outpatients in regular follow-up. Epidemiological, clinical, analytical and therapeutic data were collected. Patients completed a questionnaire about cardiovasc...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： López-Calderón C,Palacios R,Cobo A,Nuño E,Ruiz J,Márquez M,Santos J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the United States 40% of HIV patients are lost to follow-up (LTFU) following linkage to HIV care and an estimated 30-61% of new HIV transmissions are attributed to this group. To characterize those LTFU and healthcare contacts they make, we retrospectively analyzed a large regional HIV cohort in Calgary, Canada, ut...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Connors WJ,Krentz HB,Gill MJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the retention rate of patients infected with HIV who resumed care after being tracked at the Infectious Diseases Clinic (IDC) in Kampala, Uganda. Between April 2011 and September 2013, patients who missed their clinic appointment for 8-90 days were tracked, and those who returned to the clinic within 120...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Nakiwogga-Muwanga A,Musaazi J,Katabira E,Worodria W,Talisuna SA,Colebunders R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the study were, 1. To ascertain if sexual health physicians and practitioners believe a question concerning a past history of non-consensual sex should be asked routinely and are asking it. 2. To identify whether sexual health services have established protocols to integrate this question into practi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hurst C,MacDonald J,Say J,Read J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual functioning is often neglected in the care of HIV-infected patients. Little information exists about the relationship between hormonal factors, psychological factors, medication, HIV disease stage and sexual functioning among persons with HIV disease. In this study, 50 HIV+ men completed the Derogatis Sexual Fu...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Newshan G,Taylor B,Gold R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined some characteristics of male clinic attenders with urethral chlamydial infection. The prevalence of urethral chlamydial infection among heterosexual men (men who have sex with women [MSW]) was 446 (17%) of 2684 men. Men aged 16-34 years were more likely to have chlamydiae than older men with only c...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Arnot DJ,Manavi K,McMillan A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper was to identify and describe enhanced sexual health services (ESHSs) commissioned for testing, diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in primary and community care settings in England. ESHSs commissioned by Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in England were determined by...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Yung M,Denholm R,Peake J,Hughes G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of urogenital infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis was examined in 100 non-pregnant women with cervicitis, and 100 healthy women, in San Salvador City, El Salvador. Pharmacia Chlamydia EIA test was used for the detection of chlamydial antigen in urethral and cervical specimens from all the women. D...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Cañas Posada AB,Jonasson J,de Linares L,Bygdeman S

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：:A national audit of practice performance against the key performance indicators in the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) and HIV Medical Foundation for AIDS Sexual Health Standards for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) was conducted in 2011. Approximately 60% and 8% of level ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： McClean H,Sullivan AK,Carne CA,Warwick Z,Menon-Johansson A,Clutterbuck D,National Audit Group of British Association for Sexual Health and HIV.

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred and twenty consecutive women newly attending a genitourinary medicine clinic who participated in a study of sexual behaviour were also tested for type-specific antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2; 135 (26%) were seropositive, of whom only 29 (21.5%) had had clinical evidence of genital herpes. Seropos...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Evans BA,Kell PD,Bond RA,MacRae KD,Slomka MJ,Brown DW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During 2001 and 2002 an anonymous outreach-screening programme in Melbourne, Australia, offered testing for gonorrhoea and chlamydia on-site at men-only saunas. Modifications were made to this screening programme to offer a comprehensive testing clinic for sexually transmissible infections (STIs), including HIV. The c...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Lister NA,Smith A,Tabrizi SN,Garland S,Hayes P,Fairley CK

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scolecobasidium sp. are commensal soil and water thermophilic dematiaceous fungi. They are commonly isolated as contaminants from respiratory secretions due to their abundant presence in water supplies, but they are also rare yet emerging culprits producing severe opportunistic infections in immunocompromised individu...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Pundhir P,Tuda C,Vincentelli C,Morlote D,Rivera C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who acquire repeated infections of gonorrhoea are well described. A study was undertaken of male patients attending a central London clinic in an attempt to identify features of those acquiring repeated infections to facilitate risk reduction strategies. During the 3 years 1990 to 1992, 18.8% of patients cont...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sherrard J,Barlow D

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few analytic opportunities have allowed us to evaluate the role that specific sexual acts and male latex condoms play in the acquisition of external anal warts (EAW) using longitudinal data. The acquisition of EAWs occurs from epithelial contact with other HPV-infected surfaces, and hence is dependent upon sexual beha...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Wiley DJ,Harper DM,Elashoff D,Silverberg MJ,Kaestle C,Cook RL,Heilemann M,Johnson L

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to examine associations between self-reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sociodemographic, lifestyle, health status, health service use and quality of life factors among young Australian women; and their use of family planning and sexual health clinics and associations with health, de...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Schofield MJ,Minichiello V,Mishra GD,Plummer D,Savage J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper assesses the associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexual risks among HIV-positive female drinkers in St Petersburg, Russia. Survey and STI data were analysed from 285 women in HERMITAGE, a secondary prevention study of HIV-positive heavy drinker...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Urada LA,Raj A,Cheng DM,Quinn E,Bridden C,Blokhina EA,Krupitsky E,Samet JH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary aim of the current study was to test the effect of the presentation design of a test alert system on healthcare workers' (HCWs') decision-making regarding blood-borne virus (BBV) testing. The secondary aim was to determine HCWs' acceptance of the system. An online survey used a within-subjects research des...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： van Schaik P,Lorrimer S,Chadwick D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a literature review of patients' conditions described under persistent genital arousal disorder and restless genital syndrome, vulvodynia and male genital skin pain of unknown aetiology (penoscrotodynia). Our aim is to improve the understanding of the condition, unify nomenclature and promote evidence-bas...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Markos AR,Dinsmore W

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:Despite the availability of efficacious prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) interventions and improved access to preventive services in many developing countries, vertical HIV transmission persists. A matched case-control study of HIV-exposed infants between January and June 2012 was conducted at 20 cli...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Okoko NA,Owuor KO,Kulzer JL,Owino GO,Ogolla IA,Wandera RW,Bukusi EA,Cohen CR,Abuogi LL

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:Understanding the epidemiologic definition of epidemic versus non-epidemic spread of an infectious disease agent and the different patterns of heterosexual HIV transmission are needed to fully understand the low potential for heterosexual HIV epidemics in most heterosexual populations. Epidemic sexual HIV transmission...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Chin J,Bennett A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to determine IgA, IgG antibodies to Candida albicans in whole saliva and serum from HIV-infected patients and to compare them to a group of healthy controls. The study population consisted of 34 HIV-infected individuals free of any other systemic diseases and thirty healthy controls. IgA concentratio...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Belazi M,Fleva A,Drakoulakos D,Panayiotidou D

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00