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Venereology, Volume 1, Issue 2

September 2022 - 5 articles

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11 Pages

Willingness to Test for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection among First-Year Students of a Public University in the Volta Region of Ghana

Mispa Tepe-Mensah,
Joseph Osarfo,
Evans Kofi Agbeno and
Gifty Dufie Ampofo

Venereology2022, 1(2), 212-222;https://doi.org/10.3390/venereology1020015

13 September 2022

Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is key in HIV prevention. Young people aged 15–24 years carry a significant burden of new infections globally, but VCT uptake is low in this population. The study assessed university freshmen’s will...

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Review

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13 Pages

A Review of Monkeypox: The New Global Health Emergency

Kritika Srinivasan Rajsri and
Mana Rao

Venereology2022, 1(2), 199-211;https://doi.org/10.3390/venereology1020014

5 September 2022

Monkeypox, once a rare zoonotic disease, has been endemic to some African countries since its original identification among humans in 1970. Since then, cases in non-endemic regions have been linked to returning travelers or those who had contact with...

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The Impact and Spillover Effects of HIV Self-Test Technology on HIV Outcomes of the South African Working Class

Cyprian M. Mostert

Venereology2022, 1(2), 187-198;https://doi.org/10.3390/venereology1020013

10 August 2022

Background: South Africa recently adopted HIV self-test technology (HIVST) to improve HIV testing and encourage earlier treatment initiation in working populations with a low uptake of conventional testing approaches. This study investigates the impa...

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Review

1 Citations

11,481 Views

17 Pages

Phototherapy-Based Treatment for Sexually Transmitted Infections—Shining Light into Unexplored Territory

Nour Mammari,
Michael R. Hamblin,
Pauline Rauger,
Laurence Boyer and
Mihayl Varbanov

Venereology2022, 1(2), 170-186;https://doi.org/10.3390/venereology1020012

4 July 2022

New therapeutic strategies are urgently needed to overcome drawbacks in the treatment of some infections, particularly sexually transmitted infections (STI). STIs are easily spread by the transmission of various bacteria, viruses, and parasites with...

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Ophthalmic Manifestations among HIV Patients at the Main Tertiary Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone: A Cross-Sectional Study

Jalikatu Mustapha,
Enanga Sonia Namanga,
Baimba Idriss,
Daniel Sesay,
Darlinda F. Jiba,
James B. W. Russell,
Mathew J. Vandy,
Gibrilla F. Deen,
George A. Yendewa and
Sulaiman Lakoh

Venereology2022, 1(2), 161-169;https://doi.org/10.3390/venereology1020011

4 July 2022

Ophthalmic diseases are common among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in developing countries. However, there are currently no published studies on ophthalmic complications among PLHIV in Sierra Leone. We conducted a cross-sectional study of PLHIV pres...

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