Review

S Reid

Increase in clinical prevalence of AIDS implies increase in unsafe medical injections
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 295—299; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008441 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Guideline

P French, M Gomberg, M Janier, B Schmidt, P van Voorst Vader, and H Young

IUSTI: 2008 European Guidelines on the Management of Syphilis
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 300—309; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008510 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original research articles

J M H Risser, P Padgett, M Wolverton, and W L Risser

Relationship between heterosexual anal sex, injection drug use and HIV infection among black men and women
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 310—314; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008394 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M Mahto, S Zia, D Ritchie, and H Mallinson

Diagnosis, management and prevalence estimation of gonorrhoea: influences of Aptima Combo 2 assay with alternative target confirmation
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 315—319; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008410 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M Shamaei, M Marjani, P Baghaei, E Chitsaz, E Rezaei Tabar, Z Abrishami, P Tabarsi, D Mansouri, and M R Masjedi

Drug abuse profile – patient delay, diagnosis delay and drug resistance pattern – among addict patients with tuberculosis
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 320—323; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008299 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

C Estcourt, N Theobald, D Evans, N Lomax, A Copas, L David, A Edwards, M Fisher on behalf of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV Undergraduate Working Group

How do UK medical graduates rate their knowledge and skills in sexual health and HIV medicine? A national survey
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 324—329; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008325 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S Y Chen, W J Moss, S S Pipkin, and W McFarland

A novel use of AIDS surveillance data to assess the impact of initial treatment regimen on survival
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 330—335; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008381 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

A Ramezani, M Mohraz, A Aghakhani, M Banifazl, A Eslamifar, A Khadem-Sadegh, and A A Velayati

Frequency of isolated hepatitis B core antibody in HIV-hepatitis C virus co-infected individuals
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 336—338; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008377 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D J B Marks, K Dheda, R Dawson, G Ainslie, and R F Miller

Adverse events to antituberculosis therapy: influence of HIV and antiretroviral drugs
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 339—345; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008361 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

G Webber, N Edwards, I D Graham, C Amaratunga, I Gaboury, V Keane, S Ros, and I McDowell

A survey of Cambodian health-care providers' HIV knowledge, attitudes and intentions to take a sexual history
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 346—350; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008390 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Audit reports

C Carne, H McClean, S Bhaduri, R Gokhale, G Sethi, D Daniels on behalf of the National Audit Group of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV

UK National Audit of Sexual History-taking: Case-notes audit
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 351—354; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2009.009057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H McClean, C Carne, S Bhaduri, R Gokhale, G Sethi, D Daniels on behalf of the National Audit Group of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV

UK National Audit of Sexual History-taking: Clinic policies audit
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 355—357; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2009.009058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S Creighton, B Revell, and A Barrow

Concordance between nucleic acid amplification technique and culture for the diagnosis of gonorrhoea
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 358—359; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008393 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H Hirst and W W Dinsmore

Chlamydia Screening Programme, HMP Hydebank Wood Young Offender Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 360—361; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2008.008133 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case report

S Day

Threadworm: an infrequent clinical finding in a genitourinary medicine clinic attendee presenting with ano-genital irritation
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 362—363; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2009.008507 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Letters to the editor

R Lau and S Patel

What attracts trainees to genitourinary medicine?
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 364; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2009.009063 [Full Text] [PDF]  

M Domeika, A Savicheva, E Sokolovskiy, R Ballard, M Unemo on behalf of the Eastern European Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health (EE SRH Network)

Quality enhancements and quality assurance of laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections in Eastern Europe
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 365—367; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2009.009051 [Full Text] [PDF]  

X-H Tao, Q-Q Wang, A-M Zheng, D-Q Shi, and L Ma

Is the service of HIV counselling and testing satisfied in Hangzhou, China?
Int J STD AIDS 20(5): 367—368; doi:10.1258/ijsa.2009.009064 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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