Reviews

Patrick J Horner and David Taylor-Robinson

Is there a role for leucocyte esterase testing in non-invasive screening using nucleic acid amplification tests of asymptomatic men?
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 73-74; doi:10.1258/095646207779949718 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Christopher K Fairley, Hennie Williams, David M Lee, and Rosey Cummings

A plea for more research on access to sexual health services
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 75-76; doi:10.1258/095646207779949565 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Original research articles

R D Cranston, S D Hart, J A Gornbein, S L Hirschowitz, G Cortina, and A A Moe

The prevalence, and predictive value, of abnormal anal cytology to diagnose anal dysplasia in a population of HIV-positive men who have sex with men
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 77-80; doi:10.1258/095646207779949772 [Abstract] [PDF]  

C Stephan, A Carlebach, C Rottmann, A Haberl, B Dauer, N von Hentig, M Kurowski, and S Staszewski

Dose reduction effective in alleviating symptoms of saquinavir toxicity
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 81-84; doi:10.1258/095646207779949763 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pippa Green, Helen Lacey, and Regina Kasperowicz

Genital examination, microscopy and high vaginal swabs: are these valuable components of a sexually transmitted infection screen in asymptomatic women?
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 85-88; doi:10.1258/095646207779949646 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Richard P Bendall, Frances E A Keane, Maggie J Barlow, and Stuart J Paynter

Chlamydia screening in a rural population: access, outcomes and health-care planning
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 89-92; doi:10.1258/095646207779949673 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Melanie M Taylor, Getahun Aynalem, Lisa V Smith, Jorge Montoya, and Peter Kerndt

Methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviours among men who have sex with men diagnosed with early syphilis in Los Angeles County
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 93-97; doi:10.1258/095646207779949709 [Abstract] [PDF]  

F E A Keane, Richard Bendall, N Saulsbury, and Lisa Haddon

A comparison of self-taken vulvovaginal and cervical samples for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection by polymerase chain reaction
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 98-100; doi:10.1258/095646207779949619 [Abstract] [PDF]  

R M Viani, P Hubbard, J Ruiz-Calderon, M R G Araneta, G Lopez, E Chacón-Cruz, and S A Spector

Performance of rapid HIV testing using Determine^® HIV-1/2 for the diagnosis of HIV infection during pregnancy in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 101-104; doi:10.1258/095646207779949655 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roger Bakeman, John L Peterson, and The Community Intervention Trial for Youth Study Team

Do beliefs about HIV treatments affect peer norms and risky sexual behaviour among African-American men who have sex with men?
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 105-108; doi:10.1258/095646207779949637 [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Magoni, P Okong, L Bassani, P Kituka Namaganda, S Onyango, and M Giuliano

Implementation of a programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in a Ugandan hospital over five years: challenges, improvements and lessons learned
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 109-113; doi:10.1258/095646207779949736 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Irene A Doherty, Adaora A Adimora, Victor J Schoenbach, and Sevgi O Aral

Correlates of gonorrhoea among African Americans in North Carolina
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 114-117; doi:10.1258/095646207779949691 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Audit reports

K M Coyne, C Cohen, S Mandalia, and A McOwan

KC60 coding: room for improvement – a study into consistencies and inconsistencies in the use of diagnosing codes
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 118-119; doi:10.1258/095646207779949664 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Susan D Hillis, Aza Rakhmanova, Elena Vinogradova, Evgeny Voronin, Alexei Yakovlev, Natalia Khaldeeva, Natalia Akatova, Mida Samarskaya, Galina Volkova, Dmity Kissin, Denise J Jamieson, M Kathleen Glynn, Joanna Robinson, and William C Miller

Rapid HIV testing, pregnancy, antiretroviral prophylaxis and infant abandonment in St Petersburg
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 120-122; doi:10.1258/095646207779949781 [Abstract] [PDF]  

J R Willcox, M Huengsberg, P Kell, and British Co-Operative Clinical Group of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV

Contraceptive provision in genitourinary medicine clinics in the UK
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 123-125; doi:10.1258/095646207779949745 [Abstract] [PDF]  

E J Morris and S Bates

Audit of cervical cytology in HIV-positive women
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 126-127; doi:10.1258/095646207779949727 [Abstract] [PDF]  

I Fernando and C Thompson

Audit of syphilis treatment, follow-up and contact-tracing rates
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 128-129; doi:10.1258/095646207779949556 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Case reports

C Bell, D Richardson, D Goldmeier, T Crowley, A Kocsis, and S Hill

Persistent sexual arousal in a woman with associated cardiac defects and raised atrial natriuretic peptide
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 130-131; doi:10.1258/095646207779949592 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A A MacConnachie, T C Collins, R A Seaton, and D H Kennedy

Three men, a paint brush and a coronavirus
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 132-133; doi:10.1258/095646207779949600 [Abstract] [PDF]  

George Z Panos, Ioannis Karydis, Stamatios E Velakoulis, and Matthew E Falagas

Multi-skeletal Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) in an HIV-seropositive patient
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 134-137; doi:10.1258/095646207779949583 [Abstract] [PDF]  

R A Ferrand, J D Cartledge, J Connolly, R A Standish, and R F Miller

Immune reconstitution sarcoidosis presenting with hypercalcaemia and renal failure in HIV infection
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 138-139; doi:10.1258/095646207779949574 [Abstract] [PDF]  

A Jain and C Bradbeer

A case of successful management of recurrent bacterial vaginosis of neovagina after male to female gender reassignment surgery
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 140-141; doi:10.1258/095646207779949790 [Abstract] [PDF]  

C Robertson and M J Wiselka

Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura occurring in consecutive pregnancies in an HIV-infected patient
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 142-143; doi:10.1258/095646207779949682 [Abstract] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor

E Lattuada, M Lanzafame, E Concia, and S Vento

Intracranial mass lesions in HIV/AIDS patients from developing countries endemic for neurocysticercosis
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 144-145; doi:10.1258/095646207779949754 [PDF]  

George Schmid, Selma Khamassi, and Thomas Cherian

The role of health care in the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa: evidence from Kenya
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 145; doi:10.1258/095646207779949628 [PDF]  

Adamson S Muula

Can we rule out reverse causality in St Lawrence et al. (2006) study?
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 146; doi:10.1258/095646207779949538 [PDF]  

Erratum

Erratum - BHIVA Co-infection Survey
Int J STD AIDS 18(2): 146; doi:10.1258/095646207779949547 [PDF]  

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