Search results - 9 results
Scoping review of the association between bacterial vaginosis and emotional, sexual and social health
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Judith Brusselmans; An De Sutter; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Hans Verstraelen; Piet Cools Source: BMC Womens Health, Volume 23, Issue ...
Estimates of the HIV undiagnosed population in Belgium reveals higher prevalence for MSM with foreign nationality and for geographic areas hosting big cities
surveys on sexual behaviour and drug use. Results: In Belgium, in 2015, an estimated 2818 (95% confidence interval: 2494 to 3208) individuals were living with undiagnosed HIV, that is, 15% of individuals ...
Phylogenetic analysis of the Belgian HIV-1 epidemic reveals that local transmission is almost exclusively driven by men having sex with men despite presence of large African migrant communities.
were compared. The results revealed an overall high level of clustering despite the short time frame of sampling, with 47.6% of all patients having at least one close genetic counterpart and 36.6% ...
Bio-behavioural HIV and STI surveillance among men who have sex with men in Europe: the Sialon II protocols.
public health issue in Europe and elsewhere. There is an emerging and progressively urgent need to harmonise HIV and STI behavioural surveillance among MSM across European countries through the adoption of ...
TOGETHER Project to Increase Understanding of the HIV Epidemic Among Sub-Saharan African Migrants: Protocol of Community-Based Participatory Mixed-Method Studies
prevalence and risk factors among SAM visiting community settings in Antwerp city, Belgium, and links an anonymous electronic self-reported questionnaire to oral fluid samples. Three formative studies informed ...
Risk factors for HCV acquisition among HIV-positive MSM in Belgium.
STI s as risk factors for HCV and suggested an increased risk of HCV associated with serosorting. Furthermore, we identified anal douching as being associated with HCV infection. The role that douching ...
Surveillance of sexually transmitted infections among persons living with HIV.
total, 279 new STI episodes were reported. More than half of the diagnoses were syphilis. In 78% of the syphilis cases, the motive of the consultation was not related to an STI complaint. CONCLUSIONS: The ...
Awareness of hepatitis C infection among men who have sex with men in Flanders, Belgium.
Aged Belgium comorbidity Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Hepatitis C HIV Infections Homosexuality, Male Humans Male middle aged Young adult Abstract: BACKGROUND: Over the past decade an increasing ...
Four sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Belgian general practice: first results (2013-2014) of a nationwide continuing surveillance study.
298 patients, corresponding with an episode-based incidence of 91.9/100 000 (95% CI 81.9 to 102.8) general practice patients, with almost half of it due to chlamydia. The incidence of chlamydia in men ...