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    The Effect of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic on Africa's Truck Drivers by Christopher M. Kribs-Zaleta, Melanie Lee, Christine Román, Shari Wiley, Carlos M. Hernández-Suárez

    Published 2005-09-01
    “…The AIDS epidemic is having a growing impact on the transport sectorof the economy of sub-Saharan Africa, where long-distance truck driversare at an increased risk of infection due to their frequent contacts withcommercial sex workers. …”
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    On the basic reproduction number $R_0$ in sexual activity models for HIV/AIDS epidemics: Example from Yunnan, China by Nicolas Bacaër, Xamxinur Abdurahman, Jianli Ye, Pierre Auger

    Published 2007-07-01
    “…This way, we improve the link between theory and data for sexual activity models of HIV/AIDS epidemics. As an example, we consider data concerning sex workers and their clients in Yunnan, China, and find an upper bound for the geometric mean of the transmission probabilities per partnership in this context.…”
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    Assessing the Impact of TASO on HIV Persons: A case Study of Kambuga Hospital. by Rukundo, Amos

    Published 2023
    “…Uganda is one of the sub-Saharan African countries worst hit by the HIV/ AIDS epidemic, with over 1.2 million people infected and an HIV prevalence rate of about 6.4 %. …”
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    Preface by Pieter Verster

    Published 2012-06-01
    “…The aim of the Conference was to engage in academic discussion on the way and means to be involved in the serious challenges posed by poverty and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. From different perspectives solutions were sought and possible biblical, theological and developmental suggestions to get involved and to bring hope were discussed. …”
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    Les affiches de la lutte contre le sida by Alexandre Klein, Gabriel Girard

    Published 2021-12-01
    “…The HIV-AIDS epidemic has led to the production of a multitude of documents, whether by the authorities responsible for its management, by patients and their relatives or by the activist and community associations that supported them. …”
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    Récits de la lutte contre le VIH/sida en Algérie by Amel Zertal, Othmane Bourouba, Adel Zeddam

    Published 2021-06-01
    “…The emergence of the Covid epidemic has made the implementation of HIV control actions more complex, especially since the lessons learned from the AIDS epidemic have not been applied to the management of the new epidemic.…”
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    Compulsory Licensing in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): Current Application and Future Prospects in Indonesia by Sahlan Sahlan, Ilham Nurman, Abdul Karim Uddin, Andi Bustamin Daeng Kunu

    Published 2024-07-01
    “…The implementation of Compulsory Licensing in the procurement of anti-retroviral drugs to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which poses a significant threat to Indonesia and global public health, exemplifies the essential necessity and utility of this concept. …”
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    Kaposi´s sarcoma, epidemic type. Case presentation by Gilberto Serrano Ocaña, Juan Carlos Ortiz Sablon, Ilen Ochoa Tamayo

    Published 2009-05-01
    “…Before the AIDS epidemic, Kaposi's sarcoma was found mainly in elderly men of Mediterranean coast, eastern European background and Jewish ancestry (rarely in older women) and is a slow growing skin tumor. …”
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    Modeling and analysis of the San Francisco City Clinic Cohort (SFCCC) HIV-epidemic including treatment by Brandy Rapatski, Juan Tolosa

    Published 2013-12-01
    “…We investigate two HIV/AIDS epidemic models.The first model represents the early San Franciscomen having sex with men (MSM) epidemic.We use data from the San Francisco City Clinic Cohort Study (SFCCC), documentingthe onset of HIV in San Francisco (1978-1984).The second model is a ``what-if'' scenario model includingtesting and treatment in the SFCCC epidemic.We use compartmental, population-level models,described by systems ofordinary differential equations.We find the basic reproductive number $R_0$ for each system,and we prove that if $R_0<1 the="" system="" has="" only="" the="" disease-free="" equilibrium="" dfe="" which="" is="" locally="" and="" globally="" stable="" whereas="" if="" r_0="">1$, the DFE is unstable.In addition, when $R_0>1$, both systems have a unique endemic equilibrium (EE).We show that treatment alone would not have stopped the San Francisco MSM epidemic,but would have significantly reduced its impact.…”
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    Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis B virus: Epidemiological Considerations and Implications for Control with Vaccine by Franklyn N Judson

    Published 1991-01-01
    “…Prior to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic, more than 50% of the new hepatitis B virus infections in the United States and Canada were sexually transmitted, approximately one-quarter by heterosexual men and women and one-third by homosexual men. …”
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    Computational Study of a Fractional-Order HIV Epidemic Model with Latent Phase and Treatment by Sana Abdulkream Alharbi, Nada A. Almuallem

    Published 2025-01-01
    “…Our findings illustrate the efficacy of the fractional model in depicting the dynamics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and offering critical insights for the formulation of effective control strategies. …”
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    HIV-Associated Neurotoxicity: The Interplay of Host and Viral Proteins by Sushama Jadhav, Vijay Nema

    Published 2021-01-01
    “…HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND) is being observed since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic due to a change in the functional integrity of cells from the central nervous system (CNS). …”
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    Gender and HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: A review by Joydeb Garai

    Published 2016-11-01
    “…Introduction: The HIV/AIDS epidemic portrays a growing health threat in the world. …”
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    Trauma and Growth: Impact of AIDS Activism by Judith G. Rabkin, Martin C. McElhiney, Mark Harrington, Tim Horn

    Published 2018-01-01
    “…Twenty-eight years later, ACT UP study participants recall their activist days during the AIDS epidemic as the peak experience of their lives. …”
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    Behavior of the human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS in the Cienfuegos province (2014-2019) by Leticia Castro Morejón, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Diana Rosa Rodríguez Delgado, Delfin Rodríguez Buergo, Roxana Gutiérrez Morán, Lisset María Martínez González

    Published 2022-03-01
    “…<strong><br />Conclusion</strong>: The study carried out evidenced the characteristics of the human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS epidemic in the Cienfuegos province during the study period, which showed a tendency to reduce its incidence rates, as well as guaranteed access to antiretroviral treatment, which, together with care protocols, has made it possible to eliminate mother-to-child transmission.…”
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