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Sep 25th, 2020 - Controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) is an ultrasound-based point-of-care method to quantify liver fat; however, the optimal threshold for CAP to detect pathologic liver fat among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; PLWH) is u...

Sep 25th, 2020 - Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae cases reached a record high in the United States in 2018. Although active duty military servicemembers have high rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea infection, trends in chlamydia and gonorrhea in the V...

Sep 25th, 2020 - Investigation of disease and intervention in populations of men having sex with men (MSM) has garnered attention globally, a primary reason being the rapid increase in the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 among MSM. The purpose o...

Sep 24th, 2020 - Sexual acquisition has emerged as a transmission route for hepatitis C virus (HCV) of growing importance among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive populations. In Western countries, HCV epidemics have been increasingly detected among men w...

Sep 24th, 2020 - Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA), which is roughly divided into non-syndromic and syndromic OCA, is a group of autosomal recessive disorders caused by mutations in genes associated with pigmentation. Patients with OCA have hypopigmentation and ocular...

Apr 9th, 2020 - "U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use" (U.S. MEC) 2016 provides evidence-based guidance for the safe use of contraceptive methods among U.S. women with certain characteristics or medical conditions (1). The U.S. MEC is adapted f...

Oct 28th, 2019 - BACKGROUND Results of an earlier analysis of a trial of the M72/AS01E candidate vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis showed that in infected adults, the vaccine provided 54.0% protection against active pulmonary tuberculosis disease, without...

Sep 3rd, 2019 - Recent findings have suggested an association between pubic hair grooming and self-reported history of sexually transmitted infection (STI), specifically gonococcal infection (GC), chlamydial infection (CT), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ...

Jul 12th, 2019 - Our objective was to compare obesity prevalence among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults receiving care and the U.S. general population and identify obesity correlates among HIV-infected men and women. Cross-sectional data was col...

Jun 30th, 2019 - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection should be considered in any patient with unusual or recurrent serious infections without another cause, especially in those with risk factors for HIV infection.

Sep 25th, 2020 - Controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) is an ultrasound-based point-of-care method to quantify liver fat; however, the optimal threshold for CAP to detect pathologic liver fat among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; PLWH) is u...

Sep 25th, 2020 - Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae cases reached a record high in the United States in 2018. Although active duty military servicemembers have high rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea infection, trends in chlamydia and gonorrhea in the V...

Sep 25th, 2020 - Investigation of disease and intervention in populations of men having sex with men (MSM) has garnered attention globally, a primary reason being the rapid increase in the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 among MSM. The purpose o...

Sep 24th, 2020 - Sexual acquisition has emerged as a transmission route for hepatitis C virus (HCV) of growing importance among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive populations. In Western countries, HCV epidemics have been increasingly detected among men w...

Sep 24th, 2020 - Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA), which is roughly divided into non-syndromic and syndromic OCA, is a group of autosomal recessive disorders caused by mutations in genes associated with pigmentation. Patients with OCA have hypopigmentation and ocular...

Jul 6th, 2020 - LONDON (Reuters) - The global fight against AIDS was faltering even before the COVID-19 pandemic, and this newly-emerged viral disease is now threatening to put progress against HIV back by 10 years or more, the United Nations said on Monday. “The...

May 27th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Larry Kramer, an author, playwright and film producer who helped shape U.S. healthcare policy with his early advocacy of a national response to AIDS when it first emerged in the 1980s, died on Wednesday at 84. Kramer, who co-f...

Mar 30th, 2020 - The Diagnosis: Solitary Oral Condyloma Lata of Secondary Syphilis A punch biopsy of the lesion revealed acanthosis with elongation of rete ridges; interface dermatitis; and a moderately dense, predominantly lymphoid dermal infiltration (Figure). B.

Mar 20th, 2020 - Red flags for underlying PID Recurrent infections are a hallmark of PIDs. And mutations that cause increased infections can alter central and peripheral tolerance, affecting cell growth, signaling, and survival, which in turn affects immunity.

Mar 11th, 2020 - To the Editor: The incidence of psoriasis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected patients is similar to the general population, but it usually becomes more severe as immunosuppression increases. Additionally, it tends to be more resistant.