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Venereology, Volume 1, Issue 1

2022 June - 10 articles

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Articles (10)

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
10,818 Views
26 Pages

Neuroinformatics Insights towards Multiple Neurosyphilis Complications

  • Arun Kumar Jaiswal,
  • Syed Babar Jamal,
  • Lucas Gabriel Rodrigues Gomes,
  • Rodrigo Profeta,
  • Helioswilton Sales-Campos,
  • Carlo Jose Freire Oliveira,
  • Flávia Figueira Aburjaile,
  • Sandeep Tiwari,
  • Debmalya Barh and
  • Vasco Azevedo
  • + 2 authors

Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum causes syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease that infects more than 2.1 million pregnant women every year. Due to its maximum death rates and augmented risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,782 Views
11 Pages

Prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Seromarkers in Female Sex Workers in Enugu State, Nigeria

  • Oluchi Mary-Cynthia Aniche,
  • Ibuchukwu Nkeonyenasoya Orabueze,
  • Ifeyinwa Nkiruka Nwafia,
  • Justina Uchechi Ihezuo,
  • Chinwe Blessing Chinaka,
  • Kingsley Andrew Egbe and
  • Anthony Chibuogwu Ike

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a sexually transmitted virus with a wide range of terminal complications. As such, female sex workers (FSWs) are an important group in the epidemiology of the virus. This study was aimed at evaluating the seroprevalence of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
16,289 Views
10 Pages

Recurrent Candida Vulvovaginitis

  • Lauryn Nsenga and
  • Felix Bongomin

Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), predominantly caused by Candida albicans, is estimated to affect about 138 million women each year worldwide and 492 million over their lifetimes. Recurrent VVC (RVVC), defined as four or more episodes of VVC in a year...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
9,332 Views
16 Pages

A Global Scoping Review of the Factors Associated with HIV and Syphilis Co-Infection: Findings from 40 Countries

  • Karan Varshney,
  • Alexander Ikanovic,
  • Prerana Ghosh,
  • Pavan Shet,
  • Marcus Di Sipio,
  • Chirag Khatri and
  • Malik Quasir Mahmood

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–syphilis co-infection poses a threat to certain populations, and patients may have considerably poorer health outcomes due to these infections. Our objective was therefore to provide a scoping review of the li...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
24,649 Views
17 Pages

9 February 2022

Background: Globally, over 40 million people are estimated to be living with sexually transmitted infection/diseases (STI/Ds), including HIV/AIDS. It is said that sub-Saharan Africa accounts for over a half of that figure, making it the continent mos...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
23,777 Views
34 Pages

Novel Treatment Approaches to Combat Trichomoniasis, a Neglected and Sexually Transmitted Infection Caused by Trichomonas vaginalis: Translational Perspectives

  • Graziela Vargas Rigo,
  • Luiza Abrahão Frank,
  • Giulia Bongiorni Galego,
  • André Luis Souza dos Santos and
  • Tiana Tasca

29 January 2022

The multistep translational science behind new drugs comprehends the entire process through laboratory, clinical, and community observations turned into health interventions. The development of new drug options from discovering targets and leading co...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
34,996 Views
24 Pages

2021 CDC Update: Treatment and Complications of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

  • Benjamin Silverberg,
  • Amy Moyers,
  • Tate Hinkle,
  • Roanna Kessler and
  • Nancy G. Russell

12 January 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated their Sexually-Transmitted Infection (STI) Treatment Guidelines with a revision to the approach to gonococcal infections in December 2020 and other STIs in July 2021. This article...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,860 Views
14 Pages

Sexual Health and HIV/STI Risk in Gay Refugee Men in Nairobi, Kenya: A Qualitative Study

  • Lourence Misedah,
  • Michael W. Ross,
  • Solomon Wambua and
  • Vanessa Schick

10 December 2021

Refugees are often without financial support and some resort to survival sex. Some of these men are gay or bisexual who fled their countries because of actual or fear of death and other persecution, exacerbated by the criminalization of consensual sa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exclusive Papers of the Editorial Board Members of Venereology)
  • Editorial
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,809 Views
7 Pages

The Persistence and Increase in Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) to Pandemic Levels

  • Luigi Santacroce,
  • Marica Colella and
  • Ioannis Alexandros Charitos

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have been known about since ancient times. Today, however, STDs are on the rise in young people around the world. Interventions and sex education are being utilized in attempt to prevent STD spread in individuals...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exclusive Papers of the Editorial Board Members of Venereology)
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