Search Results - "KARON, J. M"

HIV in the United States at the turn of the century: an epidemic in transition by Karon, JM, Fleming, PL, Steketee, RW, De Cock, KM

“…The current status of and changes in the HIV epidemic in the United States are described. Surveillance data were used to evaluate time trends in AIDS diagnoses…”
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HIV Prevalence and Associated Risks in Young Men Who Have Sex With Men by Valleroy, Linda A, MacKellar, Duncan A, Karon, John M, Rosen, Daniel H, McFarland, William, Shehan, Douglas A, Stoyanoff, Susan R, LaLota, Marlene, Celentano, David D, Koblin, Beryl A, Thiede, Hanne, Katz, Mitchell H, Torian, Lucia V, Janssen, Robert S, for the Young Men's Survey Study Group

“…CONTEXT Studies conducted in the late 1980s on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among older men who have sex with men (MSM) suggested the epidemic…”
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Short-course oral zidovudine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: a randomised trial by Wiktor, Stefan Z, Ekpini, Ehounou, Karon, John M, Nkengasong, John, Maurice, Chantal, Severin, Sibailly T, Roels, Thierry H, Kouassi, Moise K, Lackritz, Eve M, Coulibaly, Issa-Malick, Greenberg, Alan E

“…In Africa, the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection is high. Short-course perinatal oral zidovudine might decrease the rate of transmission…”
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Survival After AIDS Diagnosis in Adolescents and Adults During the Treatment Era, United States, 1984-1997 by LEE, Lisa M, KARON, John M, SELIK, Richard, NEAL, Joyce J, FLEMING, Patricia L

“…Declines in the number of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) deaths were first observed in 1996, attributed to improvements in antiretroviral therapy…”
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Efficacy of trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole prophylaxis to decrease morbidity and mortality in HIV-1-infected patients with tuberculosis in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: a randomised controlled trial by Wiktor, Stefan Z, Sassan-Morokro, Madeleine, Grant, Alison D, Abouya, Lucien, Karon, John M, Maurice, Chantal, Djomand, Gaston, Ackah, Alain, Domoua, Kouao, Kadio, Auguste, Yapi, Achy, Combe, Patrice, Tossou, Odette, Roels, Thierry H, Lackritz, Eve M, Coulibaly, Doulourou, Cock, Kevin M De, Coulibaly, Issa-Malick, Greenberg, Alan E

“…There is a high incidence of opportunistic infection among HIV-1-infected patients with tuberculosis in Africa and, consequently, high mortality. We assessed…”
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Tracking the HIV epidemic: current issues, future challenges by Fleming, PL, Wortley, PM, Karon, JM, DeCock, KM, Janssen, RS

“…The emergence of a new infectious disease, AIDS, in the early 1980s resulted in the development of a national AIDS surveillance system. AIDS surveillance data…”
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Late postnatal mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire by Ekpini, E R, Wiktor, S Z, Satten, G A, Adjorlolo-Johnson, G T, Sibailly, T S, Ou, C Y, Karon, J M, Brattegaard, K, Whitaker, J P, Gnaore, E, De Cock, K M, Greenberg, A E

“…HIV-1 can be transmitted from an infected mother to her infant through breastfeeding, although the precise risk of transmission by this route is unknown. A…”
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The increasing frequency of heterosexually acquired AIDS in the United States, 1983-88 by Holmes, K K, Karon, J M, Kreiss, J

“…Of 88,510 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) reported in adults in the United States from 1983 through 1988, the percentage attributed to…”
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Effect of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic on Mortality from Opportunistic Infections in the United States in 1993 by Selik, Richard M., Karon, John M., Ward, John W.

“…To measure the effect of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic on mortality from opportunistic infections (OIs) in 1993, national multiple-cause…”
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Trends in HIV prevalence among childbearing women in the United States, 1989-1994 by DAVIS, S. F, ROSEN, D. H, STEINBERG, S, WORTLEY, P. M, KARON, J. M, GWINN, M

“…We used data from a national serosurvey to describe national and regional trends in the prevalence of HIV among women giving birth in the United States from…”
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Predictive value of the exercise tolerance test for mortality in North American men: the lipid research clinics mortality follow-up study by GORDON, D. J, EKELUND, L.-G, KARON, J. M, PROBSTFIELD, J. L, RUBENSTEIN, C, SHEFFIELD, L. T, WEISSFELD, L

“…More than 3600 white men, from 30 to 79 years old and without a history of myocardial infarction, underwent submaximal treadmill exercise tolerance tests as…”
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High HIV-1 incidence in young women masked by stable overall seroprevalence among childbearing women in Kinshasa, Zaïre: estimating incidence from serial seroprevalence data by Batter, V, Matela, B, Nsuami, M, Manzila, T, Kamenga, M, Behets, F, Ryder, R W, Heyward, W L, Karon, J M, St Louis, M E

“…To describe the dynamics of the HIV-1 epidemic in childbearing women in Kinshasa, Zaïre, by estimating incidence from serial seroprevalence studies. In 1986…”
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Twenty-four month efficacy of a maternal short-course zidovudine regimen to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 in West Africa by LEROY, Valériane, KARON, John M, ALIOUM, Ahmadou, EKPINI, Ehounou R, MEDA, Nicolas, GREENBERG, Alan E, MSELLATI, Philippe, HUDGENS, Michael, DABIS, Francois, WIKTOR, Stefan Z

“…To assess the 24 month efficacy of a maternal short-course zidovudine regimen to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1 in a breastfeeding…”
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Effect of routine use of therapy in slowing the clinical course of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in a population-based cohort by Longini, Jr, I M, Clark, W S, Karon, J M

“…Clinical trials have shown that the prophylactic use of zidovudine and aerosolized pentamidine (or other antibiotics used as prophylaxis against Pneumocystis…”
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Declines in AIDS incidence and deaths in the USA: a signal change in the epidemic by Fleming, P L, Ward, J W, Karon, J M, Hanson, D L, De Cock, K M

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Human immunodeficiency virus infection and stroke in young patients by Qureshi, A I, Janssen, R S, Karon, J M, Weissman, J P, Akbar, M S, Safdar, K, Frankel, M R

“…To determine the association between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and stroke among young persons. Retrospective case-control study. Large,…”
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The geographic and ethnic diversity of AIDS incidence trends in homosexual/bisexual men in the United States by Karon, J M, Berkelman, R L

“…We examined geographic and racial/ethnic variation in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) incidence in homosexual and bisexual men (i.e., men who report…”
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Kaposi's sarcoma in Uganda: Risk factors for Human herpesvirus 8 infection among blood donors by HLADIK, Wolfgang, DOLLARD, Sheila C, DOWNING, Robert G, KATAAHA, Peter, PELLETT, Philip E, KARON, John M, MERMIN, Jonathan, LACKRITZ, Eve M

“…Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is etiologically linked to Kaposi's sarcoma, a common cancer in Uganda. The authors assessed HHV-8 seroprevalence, risk factors for…”
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Black-white differences in exercise blood pressure : the lipid research clinics program prevalence study by EKELUND, L-G, SUCHINDRAN, C. M, KARON, J. M, MCMAHON, R. P, TYROLER, H. A

“…After exclusion of persons on blood pressure medication or with prevalent cardiovascular disease, we studied 83 black and 2,548 white men and 113 black and…”
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The seroepidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus in the United States household population: NHANES III, 1988-1991 by McQuillan, G M, Khare, M, Ezzati-Rice, T M, Karon, J M, Schable, C A, Murphy, R S

“…To provide an estimate of the seroprevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a representative sample of the U.S. household population, serum samples…”
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