Publications by authors named "R D Wenlock"
Little is known about SARS-CoV-2 infection risk in African countries with high levels of infection-driven immunity and low vaccine coverage. We conducted a prospective cohort study of 349 participants from 52 households in The Gambia between March 2021 and June 2022, with routine weekly SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR and 6-monthly SARS-CoV-2 serology. Attack rates of 45% and 57% were seen during Delta and Omicron BA.
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- The NICE has recommended offering HIV tests to all patients undergoing blood tests in primary care since 2016, but this practice hasn't been widely implemented.
- A pilot study conducted in a UK general practice showed that nearly 47% of patients were offered an HIV test, with a high acceptance rate of about 79%.
- Interviews with patients indicated that they considered the offer routine and non-judgmental, while healthcare providers noted that the main barrier to testing was simply not offering it to patients.
Goals: Assess outcomes in patients with an index presentation of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) over a 13-year period.
Background: SBP, a bacterial infection of ascites, has a poor prognosis.
Study: Retrospective cohort study assessing mortality (standardised to 32 months) and prognostic factors in patients with SBP during two periods: period 1 (June 2006-November 2012) and period 2 (December 2012-May 2019).
Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are predominantly managed by syndromic management. However, most STIs are asymptomatic. These untreated STIs cause individual morbidity, and lead to high STI prevalences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To describe the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on HIV testing in Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom.
Methods: All HIV tests performed in Brighton and Hove from January 2016 to June 2021 were extracted, de-duplicated and anonymized. Analysis was performed to compare the monthly numbers of tests and diagnoses before and during the pandemic across different services.