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"A bull cannot be contained in a single kraal": concurrent sexual partnerships in BotswanaMarion W Carter
The BOTUSA Project, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Plot 5348 Ditlhakore Way, Extension 12, PO Box 90, Gaborone, Botswana
AIDS Behav 11:822-30. 2007..The findings suggest that concurrency in Botswana is not uncommon, and yet may not be generally acceptable...
Patching a leaky pipe: the cascade of HIV carePeter H Kilmarx
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Zimbabwe
Curr Opin HIV AIDS 8:59-64. 2013..We reviewed recent literature on the cascade of HIV care from HIV testing to suppression of viral load, which has emerged as a critical focus as HIV treatment programs have scaled up...- Intercity spread of gonococci with decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones: a unique focus in the United StatesP H Kilmarx
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Infect Dis 177:677-82. 1998..Pro/IB-3 isolates from three cities had indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns, suggesting intercity spread of a clone... - A randomized, placebo-controlled trial to assess the safety and acceptability of use of carraguard vaginal gel by heterosexual couples in ThailandPeter H Kilmarx
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:226-32. 2008..To determine the safety and acceptability of use of Carraguard, a carrageenan-derived candidate microbicide gel, during sexual intercourse in women and men... - Global epidemiology of HIVPeter H Kilmarx
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Curr Opin HIV AIDS 4:240-6. 2009..To provide an update on the epidemiology of HIV worldwide and by region, along with an overview of recent HIV epidemiological research... - Commentary: virus, host, or environment?Peter H Kilmarx
Thailand MOPH US CDC Collaboration, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
BMJ 324:197. 2002 - Safety and acceptability of the candidate microbicide Carraguard in Thai Women: findings from a Phase II Clinical TrialPeter H Kilmarx
Thai Ministry of Public Health US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Bangkok, Thailand
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 43:327-34. 2006..To determine the safety and acceptability of vaginal application of Carraguard, a carrageenan-derived candidate microbicide gel... - Seroprevalence of HIV among female sex workers in Bangkok: evidence of ongoing infection risk after the "100% condom program" was implementedP H Kilmarx
The HIV AIDS Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 21:313-6. 1999..However, it is unknown to what degree female sex workers (FSWs) have been protected from infection... - Explosive spread and effective control of human immunodeficiency virus in northernmost Thailand: the epidemic in Chiang Rai province, 1988-99P H Kilmarx
HIV AIDS Collaboration, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
AIDS 14:2731-40. 2000..Infection rates in Chiang Rai have since declined following an aggressive prevention campaign, but the number of AIDS cases continues to mount, along with profound demographic, social and economic effects... - Disease progression and survival with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype E infection among female sex workers in ThailandP H Kilmarx
The HIV AIDS Collaboration, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
J Infect Dis 181:1598-606. 2000..Initial CD4 T lymphocyte counts and serum virus load were independently strong predictors of survival. These results can help in assessing the effects of the epidemic in Thailand and in determining the prognoses for individual patients... - HIV communication between husbands and wives: effects on husband HIV testing in northern ThailandChomnad Manopaiboon
Thailand MOPH US CDC Collaboration, DMS 6 Building, Ministry of Public Health, Tivanon Road, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 38:313-24. 2007..Better communication by couples may result in more effective use of HIV testing, which is already prevalent in this population, to prevent HIV transmission... - Increase in sexual risk behavior and prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis among adolescents in Northern ThailandSara J Whitehead
Thailand Ministry of Public Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Sex Transm Dis 35:883-8. 2008..We report findings from 2 cross-sectional surveys conducted in 1999 and 2002 among 15-to 21-year-old vocational students... - Sexual health risks among young Thai women: implications for HIV/STD prevention and contraceptionDenise Roth Allen
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
AIDS Behav 7:9-21. 2003..Culturally appropriate interventions that increase their awareness of and ability to respond to these sexual health risks are needed... - Postexposure interventions to prevent infection with HBV, HCV, or HIV, and tetanus in people wounded during bombings and other mass casualty events--United States, 2008: recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Disaster MediciLouisa E Chapman
Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control nd Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2:150-65. 2008.... - The prevalence of bisexual and homosexual orientation and related health risks among adolescents in northern ThailandFrits van Griensven
Thailand MOPH U S CDC Collaboration, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Arch Sex Behav 33:137-47. 2004..We conclude that HB adolescents in northern Thailand are at greater and different health risks than are their heterosexual counterparts. Differential health education messages for HB and heterosexual youth are warranted... - Palmtop-assisted self-interviewing for the collection of sensitive behavioral data: randomized trial with drug use urine testingFrits van Griensven
Thailand Ministry of Public Health US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Am J Epidemiol 163:271-8. 2006..The establishment of PASI noninferiority and superiority using behavioral and biologic measures suggests that PASI is a scientifically acceptable alternative for collecting sensitive behavioral data... - Factors associated with low early uptake of a national program to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT): results of a survey of mothers and providers, Botswana, 2003Tracy Creek
Global AIDS Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission PMTCT Team, 1600 Clifton Rd NE Mailstop E 04, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 13:356-64. 2009..Ensuring adequate knowledge about HIV and PMTCT, creating systems whereby HIV-positive women receiving care can educate and support other women, and making HIV testing routine for pregnant women may improve the uptake of HIV testing... - Motorcycle helmet use and related risk behaviors among adolescents and young adults in Northern ThailandUtit Pitaktong
The Thailand Ministry of Public Health-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35:232-41. 2004..Adolescents and young adults in Chiang Rai are at high risk for riding a motorcycle without a helmet buckled on the head. Public education in combination with enforcement of compulsory helmet use while riding a motorcycle is recommended... - Use of dual protection in BotswanaJoan Marie Kraft
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS K 34, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Stud Fam Plann 40:319-28. 2009..In the context of high HIV prevalence, concerns about disease prevention likely influence contraception, and interventions should address childbearing desires and sexual risk simultaneously... - Rapid whole-blood finger-stick test for HIV antibody: performance and acceptability among women in northern ThailandAlice Liu
Thailand Ministry of Public Health-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, DMS Building 6, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 33:194-8. 2003..Results from this study demonstrate the utility and acceptability of the rapid finger-stick test for HIV antibody among women in northern Thailand... - No increase in cervicovaginal proinflammatory cytokines after Carraguard use in a placebo-controlled randomized clinical trialLiesbeth J M Bollen
Thailand Ministry of Public Health US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 47:253-7. 2008..Assessment of cervicovaginal cytokine levels may be helpful to evaluate subclinical epithelial inflammation during safety evaluations of candidate microbicides... - Risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases in northern Thai adolescents: an audio-computer-assisted self-interview with noninvasive specimen collectionGabriela Paz-Bailey
Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sex Transm Dis 30:320-6. 2003.... - Incidence of HIV-1 infection and effects of clinic-based counseling on HIV preventive behaviors among married women in northern ThailandFujie Xu
United States National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 29:284-8. 2002..The risk for HIV transmission to women in steady relationships is low in northern Thailand. Although HIV prevention counseling promoted partner communication, its effects on HIV preventive behaviors were limited... - HIV genital shedding and safety of Carraguard use by HIV-infected women: a crossover trial in ThailandCatherine A McLean
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AIDS 24:717-22. 2010..To evaluate the safety, including impact on genital HIV RNA shedding, of Carraguard vaginal gel in HIV-infected women... - Sexual coercion among adolescents in northern Thailand: prevalence and associated factorsChomnad Manopaiboon
Thailand MOPH US CDC Collaboration, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 34:447-57. 2003..Among males, associated factors were homo- or bisexual self-identification, parents living together, and ulcerative STD history... - High rates of pregnancy among vocational school students: results of audio computer-assisted self-interview survey in Chiang Rai, ThailandChomnad Manopaiboon
Thailand MOPH U S CDC Collaboration, Ministry of Public Health DDC7 Building, Tivanon Road, Nonthaburi, Thailand
J Adolesc 26:517-30. 2003..The high rates of pregnancy and abortion in this population indicate the need for better sexual health education and access to effective contraceptive methods... - Knowledge and perceptions of HIV among peripartum women and among men whose wives are of reproductive age, northern ThailandKanokwan Tharawan
The Population Council, Bangkok, Thailand
Contraception 68:47-53. 2003..Women, and to a lesser degree, men were interested in potential microbicides, although they voiced many thoughtful questions about the products and about efficacy trials... - Male circumcision as an HIV prevention intervention in the U.S.: Influence of health care providers and potential for risk compensationDeborah A Gust
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Prev Med 52:270-3. 2011.... - Acceptability of Carraguard vaginal gel use among Thai couplesSara J Whitehead
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and Tuberculosis Prevention proposed, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
AIDS 20:2141-8. 2006..To evaluate the acceptability of candidate microbicide Carraguard among couples participating in a safety trial... - Early diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus in infants using polymerase chain reaction on dried blood spots in Botswana's national program for prevention of mother-to-child transmissionTracy Creek
Global AIDS Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 27:22-6. 2008..Dried blood spot (DBS) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) provides a feasible method to assess PMTCT programs and identify HIV-infected children... - Botswana's Tebelopele voluntary HIV counseling and testing network: use and client risk factors for HIV infection, 2000-2004Tracy L Creek
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 43:210-8. 2006..HIV services, including voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) and antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, expanded rapidly in Botswana from 2000 through 2004... - Successful introduction of routine opt-out HIV testing in antenatal care in BotswanaTracy L Creek
Global AIDS Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 45:102-7. 2007..Uptake of antenatal HIV testing was low from 1999 through 2003. In 2004, Botswana's President declared that HIV testing should be "routine but not compulsory" in medical settings... - Prevalence of and risk factors for methamphetamine use in northern Thai youth: results of an audio-computer-assisted self-interviewing survey with urine testingMartin V Sattah
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Atlanta, GA, USA
Addiction 97:801-8. 2002..Demographic, behavioral and psychosocial correlates of methamphetamine use identified in this study may be helpful for the design and implementation of preventive interventions... 
Acceptability of Carraguard vaginal microbicide gel among HIV-infected women in Chiang Rai, ThailandSara J Whitehead
Thailand Ministry of Public Health U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
PLoS ONE 6:e14831. 2011..Few studies of microbicide acceptability among HIV-infected women have been done. We assessed CarraguardĀ® vaginal gel acceptability among participants in a randomized, controlled, crossover safety trial in HIV-infected women in Thailand...- Condom use among vocational school students in Chiang Rai, ThailandRichard A Jenkins
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 14:228-45. 2002..Intentions to use condom were highly related to peer norms. Results suggest the importance of addressing peer norms concerning condom use, as well as the role of condoms in effective birth control... - Human papillomavirus (HPV) detection among human immunodeficiency virus-infected pregnant Thai women: implications for future HPV immunizationLiesbeth J M Bollen
Thailand MOPH US CDC Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, and Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Sex Transm Dis 33:259-64. 2006..Prophylactic vaccines targeting HPV types 16 and 18 are being evaluated for efficacy among young women... - Entertainment-education radio serial drama and outcomes related to HIV testing in BotswanaKatina A Pappas-DeLuca
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, Women s Health and Fertility Branch, 4770 Buford Hwy NE, Mailstop K 34, Atlanta, GA, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 20:486-503. 2008..This finding suggests that longer term exposure to entertainment-education programming may be important for behavior change... - Need for physician education on the benefits and risks of male circumcision in the United StatesBaevin Carbery
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 24:377-87. 2012..A substantial minority of physicians may need additional training and/or information about current male circumcision research to feel comfortable counseling parents of newborn male infants or adult men... - Circumcision status and HIV infection among MSM: reanalysis of a Phase III HIV vaccine clinical trialDeborah A Gust
HIV Vaccine and Special Studies Team, Epidemiology Branch, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS 24:1135-43. 2010..Determine whether male circumcision would be effective in reducing HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM)... - Acceptability of newborn circumcision to prevent HIV infection in the United StatesDeborah A Gust
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Sex Transm Dis 38:536-42. 2011..To understand whether information from the African clinical trials about the partially protective effect of male circumcision against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection could influence adults to circumcise a newborn son... - Male circumcision for prevention of HIV transmission: what the new data mean for HIV prevention in the United StatesPatrick S Sullivan
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS Med 4:e223. 2007 - Multiclonal increase in ciprofloxacin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Thailand, 1998-1999David L Trees
Venereal Disease Division, Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand
Sex Transm Dis 29:668-73. 2002..In Bangkok, Thailand, ciprofloxacin has been used to treat gonorrhea since 1987... - Changes in the etiology of sexually transmitted diseases in Botswana between 1993 and 2002: implications for the clinical management of genital ulcer diseaseGabriela Paz-Bailey
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Infect Dis 41:1304-12. 2005..Although many cross-sectional studies support such a trend, few serial cross-sectional data are available to show the evolution of genital ulcer disease over time... - Male circumcision in the United States for the prevention of HIV infection and other adverse health outcomes: report from a CDC consultationDawn K Smith
National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS E 45, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 125:72-82. 2010.... - 6-month versus 36-month isoniazid preventive treatment for tuberculosis in adults with HIV infection in Botswana: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialTaraz Samandari
Botswana USA Partnership BOTUSA, Gaborone and Francistown, Botswana
Lancet 377:1588-98. 2011..We aimed to assess effectiveness of extended isoniazid therapy... - A review of evidence for transmission of HIV from children to breastfeeding women and implications for preventionKristen M Little
Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS A 06 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 31:938-42. 2012..Despite extensive epidemiologic and phylogenetic evidence, however, CBWT of HIV continues to be overlooked... - Prevalence of undiagnosed HIV infection among persons aged ā„13 years--National HIV Surveillance System, United States, 2005-2008Mi Chen
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS E 47, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 61:57-64. 2012.... - Interpretation of genital findings in microbicide safety trials: review of the 'Photo Atlas for Microbicide Evaluation'Liesbeth J M Bollen
Thailand MOPH U S CDC Collaboration, Bangkok, Thailand
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 37:S156-9. 2004..Efforts will continue to standardize colposcopy until more accurate and objective methods become available to assess the safety of candidate microbicides... - A framework for elimination of perinatal transmission of HIV in the United StatesSteven Nesheim
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS E 45, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Pediatrics 130:738-44. 2012..It is emphasized that EMCT will not be a one-time accomplishment but, rather, will require sustained effort as long as there are new HIV infections in women of childbearing age... - A mathematical model of comprehensive test-and-treat services and HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in the United StatesStephen W Sorensen
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e29098. 2012.... - Recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infection with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or human immunodeficiency virus, and tetanus in persons wounded during bombings and other mass-casualty events--United States, 2008: recommendatLouisa E Chapman
National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, Mailstop D 68, 1600 Clifton Road, N E, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 57:1-21; quiz CE1-4. 2008..S. federal public health officials and reflect the experience and input of public health officials at all levels of government and the acute injury response community... - Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV preventionJ Gerardo Garcia-Lerma
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
Trends Pharmacol Sci 31:74-81. 2010.... - High prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among indirect sex workers in CambodiaAndrea A Kim
Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, 50 Beale St, Suite 1200, CA 94105, USA
Sex Transm Dis 32:745-51. 2005..DISCUSSION: These data suggest high sexual risk among beer girls in Cambodia. Targeted and frequent HIV and STI interventions are urgently needed in this population... - Differentiating normal from abnormal rates of genital epithelial findings in vaginal microbicide trialsJanneke H H M van de Wijgert
Academic Medical Center, Center for Poverty related Communicable Diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Contraception 77:122-9. 2008..While genital epithelial findings are documented in a standardized manner in most microbicide trials, little is known about background rates and predictors for many types of genital findings... - Prevalence of lower genital tract infection among women attending maternal and child health and family planning clinics in Hanoi, VietnamPhan Kim Anh
Institute for the Protection of Mother and Newborn (IPMN, Hanoi, Vietnam
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 34:367-73. 2003..The lack of association between symptoms and laboratory-confirmed infection underscores the challenge of diagnosing LGTI when laboratory testing is not available... - Need for a true placebo for vaginal microbicide efficacy trialsPeter H Kilmarx
Lancet 361:785-6; author reply 786. 2003