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Canada’s approach to SARS-CoV-2 sero-surveillance: Lessons learned for routine surveillance and future pandemics
SettingIn Canada’s federated healthcare system, 13 provincial and territorial jurisdictions have independent responsibility to collect data to inform...
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HIV prevalence and continuum of care among incarcerated people in Iran from 2010 to 2017
BackgroundIncarcerated people are at an increased risk of contracting HIV and transmitting it to the community post-release. In Iran, HIV epidemics...
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Supportive couple relationships buffer against the harms of HIV stigma on HIV treatment adherence
IntroductionHIV stigma can impact couple relationships through stress or bring partners closer through shared experiences. Conversely, couple...
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Unmet need for modern contraception by HIV status: findings from community—based studies implemented before and after earlier ART initiation program in rural Tanzania
BackgroundTanzania Health policy insists on the need to provide all women access to contraception despite HIV status. We used data from two HIV...
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COVID-19 seroprevalence cohort survey among health care workers and their household members in Kinshasa, DR Congo, 2020–2022
IntroductionSerological surveys offer the most direct measurement to define the immunity status for numerous infectious diseases, such as COVID-19,...
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Challenges in conducting population-based seroepidemiology survey of COVID-19 in Lagos State, Nigeria
Population-based study is known to be a very essential type of study during and after a pandemic or epidemic, as it provides crucial information on...
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Trends and predictors of unmet need for family planning among women living with HIV in Zambia: implications for elimination of vertical transmission of HIV
BackgroundPrevention of vertical (mother to child) transmission of HIV is one of the key strategies towards HIV epidemic control. Despite...
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A Relationship-Focused HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Sexual Minority Men in the United States: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the We Prevent Intervention
We Prevent is a virtual counseling intervention designed to improve communication as a mechanism for reducing HIV risk among young sexual minority...
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Zika Virus Outbreaks: a Narrative Review
Purpose of ReviewThis review aims to comprehensively analyse recent Zika outbreaks and their implications on public health. It discusses the evolving...
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Trends in HIV prevalence and risk factors among men who have sex with men in Mozambique: implications for targeted interventions and public health strategies
BackgroundMen who have sex with Men (MSM) are known to contribute to increased HIV prevalence as an integral part of key populations with high...
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SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in Togo: a national cross-sectional household survey, May–June, 2021
BackgroundThe extent of SARS-CoV-2 circulation in African countries is still unclear. Seroprevalence studies are a common approach to epidemiological...
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Sero-prevalence of visceral leishmaniasis and its associated factors among asymptomatic individuals visiting Denan health center, southeastern Ethiopia
BackgroundIn the Somali region of Ethiopia, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a public health concern. However, VL epidemiology and sand fly vectors...
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Opioid agonist therapy uptake among people who inject drugs: the findings of two consecutive bio-behavioral surveillance surveys in Iran
BackgroundOpioid agonist therapy (OAT) uptake has been associated with multiple positive health outcomes among people who inject drugs (PWID). This...
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Efficacy of a Telehealth Delivered Couples’ HIV Counseling and Testing (CHTC) Intervention to Improve Formation and Adherence to Safer Sexual Agreements Among Male Couples in the US: Results from a Randomized Control Trial
This paper reports the results of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to assess the efficacy of Nexus , a telehealth delivered intervention that...
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Incidence rate and predictors of COVID-19 in the two largest cities of Burkina Faso - prospective cohort study in 2021 (ANRS-COV13)
BackgroundEarly data on COVID-19 (based primarily on PCR testing) indicated a low burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. To better understand this, this study...
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Production of virus-like particles of porcine circovirus 2 in baculovirus expression system and its application for antibody detection
BackgroundPorcine circovirus 2 (PCV-2) is one of the pathogens that leads to a growing and persistent threat in pigs. Thus, the development of...
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ReACH2Gether: Iterative Development of a Couples-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol use Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV and Their Partners
Unhealthy alcohol use, which encompasses heavy episodic drinking to alcohol use disorder, has been identified as a modifiable barrier to optimal HIV...
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Depression and anxiety before and at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and incident persistent symptoms: a prospective population-based cohort study
Many patients affected by COVID-19 suffer from debilitating persistent symptoms whose risk factors remained poorly understood. This prospective study...
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The effect of laboratory-verified smoking on SARS-CoV-2 infection: results from the Troina sero-epidemiological survey
Previous research yielded conflicting results on the association between cigarette smoking and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Since the prevalence of...
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Enhancing detection of SARS-CoV-2 re-infections using longitudinal sero-monitoring: demonstration of a methodology in a cohort of people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada
BackgroundAccurate estimation of SARS-CoV-2 re-infection is crucial to understanding the connection between infection burden and adverse outcomes....
