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Changing epidemiology of HIV anonymous testing in Switzerland for 1996-2006.
QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY To assess whether the prevalence of HIV positive tests in clients at five anonymous testing sites in Switzerland had increased since the end of the 1990s, and ascertain whether there had been any concurrent change in the proportions of associated risk factors. METHODS Baseline characteristics were analysed, by groups of years, over the eleven consecutive years of data co...
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THE AWARENESS THAT HIV transmission is facilitated by the presence of other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) has helped focus public HIV prevention efforts for the past several years. However, a persistent reservoir of asymptomatic STDs could stymie these efforts, and the National Institute of Medicine has reported on the dangers of the “hidden epidemics” of undiagnosed STDs.1 A recent popu...
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This paper estimates the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in women giving birth and women voluntarily terminating pregnancy over a period of sixteen years in Catalonia. Samples for HIV antibody detection were collected from the Neonatal Early Detection Programme for congenital metabolic diseases that covers 99% of infants born in Catalonia. The sampling method collect...
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UNLABELLED Due to the high prevalence and morbidity sexually transmitted diseases are highly relevant to public health, especially for women. OBJECTIVES To determine and compare the behavioral and biological risks associated with human immunodeficiency virus acquisition. METHODS A group of 253 women who voluntarily sought anonymous testing were interviewed to find out their behavioral risk....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.88.4.683