2021
Leveraging HIV Care Infrastructures for Integrated Chronic Disease and Pandemic Management in Sub-Saharan Africa
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1999
An update on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh.
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1991
Rising Trend of Reported Primary Genital Syphilis and Genital Ulcer Disease in Burkina Faso
DAMIBA A, KELLEY K, VERMUND S. Rising Trend of Reported Primary Genital Syphilis and Genital Ulcer Disease in Burkina Faso. International Journal Of Epidemiology 1991, 20: 490-494. PMID: 1917254, DOI: 10.1093/ije/20.2.490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenital ulcer diseaseMinistry of HealthUlcer diseaseAdverse pregnancy outcomesHuman immunodeficiency virusMaternal syphilisPregnancy outcomesImmunodeficiency virusAdverse sequellaeSyphilisDiseaseIncidence dataSurveillance methodsBurkina FasoFacilitate infectionHealthProbable increaseComplicationsSequellaeInfectionPreventionAIDS heterosexual predominance in the Dominican Republic.
Garris I, Rodriguez EM, De Moya EA, Guerrero E, Peña C, Puello E, Gomez E, Monterroso ER, Weissenbacher M, Vermund SH. AIDS heterosexual predominance in the Dominican Republic. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1991, 4: 1173-8. PMID: 1941524.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAIDS casesSurveillance dataFuture public health effortsYear of diagnosisStandard clinical criteriaPositive serologic testsHealth care providersPublic health effortsAIDS surveillance dataMinistry of HealthHeterosexual exposureTransmission categoryClinical criteriaFemale ratioSerologic testsCumulative case ratesExposure categoriesCare providersHigh riskTotal casesHealth effortsCase ratesSurveillance programCase investigationHIV