Cruising Venues as a Context for HIV Risky Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Authors: Abecasis A, Barros H, Dias S, Gama A, Martins MO, Mendão L, Pingarilho M
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Archives of Sexual Behavior
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-016-0707-5

We examined differences in sexual risk behaviors, HIV prevalence, and demographic characteristics between men who have sex with men (MSM) who visit different types of venues to meet sexual partners, and identified correlates of high-risk behaviors. A cross-sectional behavioral survey was conducted with a venue-based sample of 1011 MSM in Portugal. Overall, 36.3 % of MSM […]
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Potential access to primary health care: what does the National Program for Access and Quality Improvement data show?

Authors: Arcêncio RA, Brandão ICA, Coelho AA, Fronteira I, Maroto RM, Martiniano CS, Uchôa SAC, Yamamura M
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Link: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692016000100304&lng=en&tlng=en

To analyze the influence of contextual indicators on the performance of cities regarding potential access to primary health care in Brazil and to discuss the contribution from nurses working on this access. A multicenter descriptive study using secondary data from External Evaluation of the National Program for Access and Quality Improvement in Primary Care, with […]
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Quantifying next generation sequencing sample pre-processing bias in HIV-1 complete genome sequencing

Authors: Baele G, Lemey P, Trovão NS, Van Laethem K, Van Wijngaerden E, Vandamme AM, Vrancken B
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Viruses
Link: http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/8/1/12%20

Genetic analyses play a central role in infectious disease research. Massively parallelized “mechanical cloning” and sequencing technologies were quickly adopted by HIV researchers in order to broaden the understanding of the clinical importance of minor drug-resistant variants. These efforts have, however, remained largely limited to small genomic regions. The growing need to monitor multiple genome […]
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Genetic diversity of Culex pipiens mosquitoes in distinct populations from Europe: Contribution of Cx. quinquefasciatus in Mediterranean populations

Authors: Bouattour A, Gouveia de Almeida AP, Shaikevich EV, Vinogradova EB
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Link: https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-016-1333-8

Mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex are cosmopolitan, and important vectors of neglected tropical diseases, such as arbovirosis and lymphatic filariasis. Among the complex taxa, Cx. pipiens (with two forms pipiens and molestus) and Cx. quinquefasciatus are the most ubiquitous mosquitoes in temperate and tropical regions respectively. Mosquitoes of this taxa lack of morphological differences […]
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Seasonal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Proven Vectors of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum

Authors: Afonso MO, Alten B, Antoniou M, Arserim SK, Bañuls AL, Bianchi R, Bongiorno G, Campino L, Cassan C, Christodoulou V, Dokianakis E, Erisoz Kasap O, Giorgobiani E, González E3, Gradoni L, Gramiccia M, Gunay F, Jimenez M, Karakus M, Kaynas S, Khoury C, Maia C, Mazeris A, Molina R, Oguz G, Ozbel Y, Prudhomme J, Rahola N, Sereno D, Thierry M, Toty C, Tsertsvadze N, Tsirigotakis N, Tskhvaradze L, Vergnes B, Volf P
Publication Year: 2016
Journal: Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases
Link: http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004458

The recent geographical expansion of phlebotomine vectors of Leishmania infantum in the Mediterranean subregion has been attributed to ongoing climate changes. At these latitudes, the activity of sand flies is typically seasonal; because seasonal phenomena are also sensitive to general variations in climate, current phenological data sets can provide a baseline for continuing investigations on […]
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Cruising Venues as a Context for HIV Risky Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Potential access to primary health care: what does the National Program for Access and Quality Improvement data show?

Quantifying next generation sequencing sample pre-processing bias in HIV-1 complete genome sequencing

Genetic diversity of Culex pipiens mosquitoes in distinct populations from Europe: Contribution of Cx. quinquefasciatus in Mediterranean populations

Seasonal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Proven Vectors of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum

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