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PLoS One
December 2024
Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiangmai, Thailand.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, sex workers (SW) were one of the vulnerable groups affected by lockdown measures. COVID-19 had also disrupted HIV/Sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment services for sex workers due to numerous restrictions in specialist medical care. This study aims to assess the seroprevalence of HIV, syphilis, HBV, and HCV and associated factors among SW as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Prison Health (2024)
December 2024
UK Health Security Agency, London, UK.
Purpose: People in prison face a disproportionate risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but there is a paucity of evidence on trends in STIs in prisons in England. This study aims to describe trends in chlamydia test-positivity and syphilis prevalence by using two different methodologies in prison settings.
Design/methodology/approach: This study used routinely collected chlamydia surveillance data reported by all primary diagnostic laboratories in England from 2018 to 2022 to identify tests undertaken in prisons.
Neurotoxicology
December 2024
Graduate Program in Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Laboratory of Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Graduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Toxoplasmosis presents notable hazards in the context of pregnancy, impacting the health of the mother and the neurodevelopment of the fetus via immune reactions and possible vertical transmission. The maternal immune response from chronic Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection may negatively influence fetal neurodevelopment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Family Med Prim Care
October 2024
Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India.
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection has emerged as a leading cause of morbidity throughout the world in the last two decades. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has escalated the disease burden further by increasing the number of intravenous (IV) drug abusers and unemployment.
Aim: The present study was done to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on seroprevalence as well as trends during pre, post and pandemic years of coinfection and mono-infections in the Malwa region of Punjab.
BMJ Open
November 2024
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, Cornell University, Doha, Qatar
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