HIV Self-Testing Uptake and Intervention Strategies Among Men in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review by Akeen Hamilton, Noah Thompson, Augustine T. Choko, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Pauline Jolly, Jeffrey E. Korte, Donaldson F. Conserve

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Direct and indirect cardiovascular and cardiometabolic sequelae of the combined anti-retroviral therapy on people living with HIV by Yashvardhan Batta, Cody King, Farion Cooper, John Johnson, Natasha Haddad, Myriam G. Boueri, Ella DeBerry, Georges E. Haddad

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Posttreatment maintenance of therapeutic effect with fixed-combination halobetasol propionate 0.01%/tazarotene 0.045% lotion for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis by Mark G. Lebwohl, Linda Stein Gold, James Q. Del Rosso, Lawrence Green, Abby Jacobson

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Special considerations for studies of extracellular vesicles from parasitic helminths: A community‐led roadmap to increase rigour and reproducibility by Ruby White, Javier Sotillo, María Eugenia Ancarola, Anne Borup, Anders Toftegaard Boysen, Paul J. Brindley, Edit I. Buzás, Serena Cavallero, Sujittra Chaiyadet, Iain W. Chalmers, Marcela A. Cucher, Maude Dagenais, Chelsea N. Davis, Eileen Devaney, Maria A. Duque‐Correa, Ramon Marc Eichenberger, Santiago Fontenla, Thomas A. Gasan, Cornelis H. Hokke, Maja Kosanovic, Marije E. Kuipers, Thewarach Laha, Alex Loukas, Rick M. Maizels, Antonio Marcilla, Hynek Mazanec, Russell M. Morphew, Kyriaki Neophytou, Linh Thuy Nguyen, Esther Nolte‐‘t Hoen, Michael Povelones, Mark W. Robinson, Alicia Rojas, Irma Schabussova, Hermelijn H. Smits, Sivapong Sungpradit, Lucienne Tritten, Bradley Whitehead, Amin Zakeri, Peter Nejsum, Amy H. Buck, Karl F. Hoffmann

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Expanding the genetic architecture of nicotine dependence and its shared genetics with multiple traits by Bryan C. Quach, Michael J. Bray, Nathan C. Gaddis, Mengzhen Liu, Teemu Palviainen, Camelia C. Minica, Stephanie Zellers, Richard Sherva, Fazil Aliev, Michael Nothnagel, Kendra A. Young, Jesse A. Marks, Hannah Young, Megan U. Carnes, Yuelong Guo, Alex Waldrop, Nancy Y. A. Sey, Maria T. Landi, Daniel W. McNeil, Dmitriy Drichel, Lindsay A. Farrer, Christina A. Markunas, Jacqueline M. Vink, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, William G. Iacono, Henry R. Kranzler, Nancy L. Saccone, Michael C. Neale, Pamela Madden, Marcella Rietschel, Mary L. Marazita, Matthew McGue, Hyejung Won, Georg Winterer, Richard Grucza, Danielle M. Dick, Joel Gelernter, Neil E. Caporaso, Timothy B. Baker, Dorret I. Boomsma, Jaakko Kaprio, John E. Hokanson, Scott Vrieze, Laura J. Bierut, Eric O. Johnson, Dana B. Hancock

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COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Adaptations by International Community Access to Child Health (ICATCH) Projects in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Anirudha Das MD, MPH, Vishakha Nanda MD, Stephanie M. Lauden MD, Ann Behrmann MD, María del Rosario González de Rivas MD, Mirzada Kurbasic MD, MS, Angela Okolo MD, Koye Oyerinde MD, DrPH, Sherri Smith MPH, Manuel Vides MD MS, Troy Jacobs MD, MPH, Rachel Umoren MBBCH, MS

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Association between varying cut-points of intermediate hyperglycemia and risk of mortality, cardiovascular events and chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lisa R Staimez, K M Venkat Narayan, Unjali P Gujral, Siran He, Ram Jagannathan, Minxuan Huang, Jingkai Wei, Nanki Singh

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Maternal asthma in relation to infant size and body composition by Danielle R. Stevens, PhD, Edwina Yeung, PhD, Stefanie N. Hinkle, PhD, William Grobman, MD, Andrew Williams, PhD, Marion Ouidir, PhD, Rajesh Kumar, MD, Leah M. Lipsky, MD, Matthew C.H. Rohn, MD, Jenna Kanner, BS, Seth Sherman, PhD, Zhen Chen, PhD, Pauline Mendola, PhD

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Use of Pre-Infusion Serum Uric Acid Levels as a Biomarker for Infusion Reaction Risk in Patients on Pegloticase by Robert T. Keenan, Herbert S. B. Baraf, Brian LaMoreaux

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Treatment preferences among patients with mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis by Kelley Myers, Jonathan I. Silverberg, Shreekant Parasuraman, Anna Pierce, Lawrence F. Eichenfield, Christine Poulos

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Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing two linkage models for HIV prevention and treatment in justice-involved persons by Sandra A. Springer, Ank E. Nijhawan, Kevin Knight, Irene Kuo, Angela Di Paola, Esther Schlossberg, Cynthia A. Frank, Mark Sanchez, Jennifer Pankow, Randi P. Proffitt, Wayne Lehman, Zoe Pulitzer, Kelly Thompson, Sandra Violette, Kathleen K. Harding, ACTION Cooperative Group

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Investigating the link between frailty and outcomes in geriatric patients with isolated rib fractures by Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, Babak Sarani, Frank Hildebrand, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Marcelo AF Ribeiro

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Individual and poly-substance use and condomless sex among HIV-uninfected adults reporting heterosexual sex in a multi-site cohort by R. J. Fredericksen, B. M. Whitney, E. Trejo, R. M. Nance, E. Fitzsimmons, F. L. Altice, A. W. Carrico, C. M. Cleland, C. Del Rio, A. Duerr, W. M. El-Sadr, S. Kahana, I. Kuo, K. Mayer, S. Mehta, L. J. Ouellet, V. M. Quan, J. Rich, D. W. Seal, S. Springer, F. Taxman, W. Wechsberg, H. M. Crane, J. A. C. Delaney

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Coverage, inequity and predictors of hepatitis B birth vaccination in Myanmar from 2011–2016: results from a national survey by August C. T. Anderson, Adam Richards, Kevin Delucchi, Mandana Khalili

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Implementation strategy in collaboration with people with lived experience of mental illness to reduce stigma among primary care providers in Nepal (RESHAPE): protocol for a type 3... by Brandon A. Kohrt, Elizabeth L. Turner, Dristy Gurung, Xueqi Wang, Mani Neupane, Nagendra P. Luitel, Muralikrishnan R. Kartha, Anubhuti Poudyal, Ritika Singh, Sauharda Rai, Phanindra Prasad Baral, Sabrina McCutchan, Petra C. Gronholm, Charlotte Hanlon, Heidi Lempp, Crick Lund, Graham Thornicroft, Kamal Gautam, Mark J. D. Jordans

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Antiretroviral therapy interruptions: impact on HIV treatment and transmission by Dubrocq G, Rakhmanina N

“…Gueorgui Dubrocq,1,2 Natella Rakhmanina3–5 1Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center, Temple, TX, USA; 2Department of Pediatrics, Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center, Temple, TX, USA; 3Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA; 4Department of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA; 5Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC, USA Introduction: Successful management of pediatric and adult human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease includes lifelong administration of antiretroviral therapy (ART). …”
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Association of two FOXP3 polymorphisms with breast cancer susceptibility in Chinese Han women by Tian T, Wang M, Zheng Y, Yang T, Zhu W, Li H, Lin S, Liu K, Xu P, Deng Y, Zhou L, Dai Z

“…Tian Tian,1,* Meng Wang,1,* Yi Zheng,1,* Tielin Yang,2 Wenge Zhu,3 Hongtao Li,4 Shuai Lin,1 Kang Liu,1 Peng Xu,1 Yujiao Deng,1 Linghui Zhou,1 Zhijun Dai1 1Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 2School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University Medical School, Washington, DC, USA; 4Department of Breast Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumchi, People’s Republic of China *These authors contributed equally to this work Background: Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) is a key gene in the immune system which also plays a role in tumor development. …”
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Functional Limitations Mediate the Relationship Between Pain and Depressive Symptoms in Former NFL Athletes by Robert W. Turner PhD, Amanda Sonnega PhD, Tim Cupery PhD, Joshua Chodosh MD, Keith E. Whitfield PhD, David Weir PhD, James S. Jackson PhD

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The relevance of social contexts and social action in reducing substance use and victimization among women participating in an HIV prevention intervention in Cape Town, South Afric... by Reed E, Emanuel AN, Myers B, Johnson K, Wechsberg WM

“…Elizabeth Reed,1 Andrea N Emanuel,2 Bronwyn Myers,3,4 Kim Johnson,3 Wendee M Wechsberg2,5–7 1George Washington University School of Public Health, Department of Prevention and Community Health, Washington, DC, USA; 2RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA; 3Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; 4Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; 5Gillings Global School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; 6Psychology in the Public Interest, North Carolina State University, NC, USA; 7Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, NC, USA Objectives: To examine qualitatively how women's social context and community mobilization (eg, mobilizing women to take social action and engaging their community in social change) influence substance use abstinence and victimization among women participating in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) intervention in Cape Town, South Africa. …”
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Comorbidities in a sample of adults with HIV in Puerto Rico: an exploratory study by Rodríguez-Díaz CE, Santiago-Rodríguez EI, Jovet-Toledo GG, Santana-Bagur J, Ron-Suarez Y, Orengo JC, Arbelaez F, Monsanto H

“…Carlos E Rodríguez-Díaz,1,2 Edda I Santiago-Rodríguez,3 Gerardo G Jovet-Toledo,2 Jorge Santana-Bagur,4 Yemile Ron-Suarez,5 Juan C Orengo,6 Felipe Arbelaez,5 Homero Monsanto51The George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC, USA; 2University of Puerto Rico-medical Sciences Campus, School of Public Health, San Juan, PR, USA; 3University of California, San Francisco, Center for Aids Prevention Studies, San Francisco, CA, USA; 4University of Puerto Rico-medical Sciences Campus, School of Medicine, San Juan, PR, USA; 5Merck & Co., Inc., Medical Affairs, Carolina, PR, USA; 6Ponce Health Sciences University, Public Health Program, Ponce, PR, USABackground: Puerto Rico is among the areas with the highest estimated rates of people living with HIV in the United States. …”
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