2017
Spatial analysis of the regional variation of reproductive tract infections and spousal migration correlates in Nepal
Johnson DC, Lhaki P, Cherry C, Kempf MC, Chamot E, Vermund SH, Shrestha S. Spatial analysis of the regional variation of reproductive tract infections and spousal migration correlates in Nepal. Geospatial Health 2017, 12: 513. PMID: 28555484, DOI: 10.4081/gh.2017.513.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMigration statusSocio-cultural factorsMid-west regionFar West regionsMale migrationCross-sectional datasetNepali womenFirst marriageMigration correlatesMarried womenDifferential health outcomesStrong footingHusband's educationMigration patternsReproductive tract infectionsGeographic landscapeRisky sexual behaviorRural statusNepalHusbandsSpatial analysisSexual behaviorEducationSymptoms of RTIsRTI symptoms
1999
HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: An Assessment of Biomedical Risk Factors for Transmission
Gibney L, Choudhury P, Khawaja Z, Sarker M, Islam N, Vermund SH. HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: An Assessment of Biomedical Risk Factors for Transmission. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 1999, 10: 338-346. PMID: 10361927, DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiomedical risk factorsBehavioral risk factorsRisk factorsHIV/AIDSBlood supply systemHigh-risk groupFormal health care settingsCost-effective interventionHealth care settingsUnsterile injectionsHIV transmissionHIV epidemicHigh prevalenceProfessional donorsHIVPrevalenceAIDSLow levelsCertain socio-cultural factorsSocio-cultural factorsTransfusionFactorsDiseaseBlood