Browsing by Subject "HIV"
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(2014-08-06)Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Herpes Simplex virus (HSV) are pathogenic viruses known to cause liver disorder, acquired immunodeficiency and skin lesions, respectively. Although current ...
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(2021-06)Previous research has noted that the U.S. is facing dual public health crises associated with opioid use disorder (OUD) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Fatalities associated with OUD have been reported with increasing ...
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Point-of-Care HIV Screening in Community-Based Dental Care Settings (2019-05-20)The dental setting is a largely untapped venue to identify patients with undiagnosed HIV infection. Yet, uptake of rapid HIV testing within the community-based dental care settings remains low. This study will seek to ...
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(2014-12-08)The use of geosocial networking (GSN) applications (apps) to meet individuals in close proximity for casual sex is on the rise, especially among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). Previous research has demonstrated ...
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(2017-12-14)Failure in receiving a booster for specific vaccines contributes to incomplete seroconversion, particularly in the developing world. Single injection vaccine technology could potentially be a solution such that health care ...
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(, 2014-09-23)Since 1984, when the hypothesis that HIV-causes-AIDS was announced, many scholars have questioned the premise and offered alternative explanations. Thirty years later, competing propositions as well as questioning of the ...
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(2016-07-13)STIs are affecting youth at an alarming rate. The majority of these diagnoses are found in females. Poor decision making has been examined as a mechanism underlying STI risk behavior, but research has been limited. The ...
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(2012-07-16)Chemokines are small immune system proteins mediating leukocyte migration and activation, and are important in many aspects of health and diseases. Some chemokines also have the ability to block HIV-1 infection by binding ...
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(2019-04-10)In the summer of 2018 the non-profit, Just Like My Child Foundation (JLMC) contracted four graduate students to conduct a monitoring and evaluation project on the community level impact of a female empowerment program in ...
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(2010-07-14)My main focus of interest in this dissertation is to evaluate the relationship between known risk factor for HIV and HIV testing behavior, with a particular interest in women. Utilizing data from the National Survey of ...
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(2020-04-24)Women face significant health barriers and bear disproportionate burdens of disease, especially in areas of Sexual/Reproductive Health (SRH). The inequities and inequalities are more pronounced in Sub- Saharan African ...