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AIDS Rev
October 2018
Carlos III-La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with oral Truvada (tenofovir plus emtricitabine) is effective at preventing HIV infection in high-risk homosexual men. In the United States, PrEP was approved in 2012 and is reimbursed by Medicaid and the majority of private insurers. The situation is diverse and not uniform in the European Union, being PrEP more widely used in France than in the rest of countries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrzegl Epidemiol
September 2010
Klinika Dermatologii i Wenerologii, Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego.
In 2008 as far as statistics are concerned this situation did not change to the worse. Number of cases of syphilis has significantly risen (by over 100) compared to 2003-4 and this tendency seams to be fixed. Number of serological screening tests for syphilis has dramatically dropped resulting in decreasing of the likelihood of discovering the symptomless cases of syphilis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrzegl Epidemiol
November 2009
Centrum Diagnostyki i Leczenia Chorób Przenoszonych Droga Płciowa Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego, Warszawa.
In 2007 as far as statistics are concerned this situation did not change to the worse. Number of cases of syphilis has significantly risen (by over 100) compared to 2003-4 and this tendency seams to be fixed. Number of serological screening tests for syphilis has dramatically dropped resulting in decreasing of the likelihood of discovering the symptomless cases of syphilis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Am Acad Nurse Pract
February 2006
School of Nursing, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Purpose: To review the problem of increasing cases of syphilis as a communicable disease and to review different presentations of syphilis and to discuss treatment guidelines.
Data Sources: Extensive review of worldwide scientific literature on the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of syphilis.
Conclusions: Syphilis is an infectious sexually transmitted disease, which may have devastating consequences.
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