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Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 as a Cause of Genital Herpes: Impact on Surveillance and Prevention by Lafferty, William E., Downey, Lois, Celum, Connie, Wald, Anna

“…This study compared characteristics of patients who had herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 with characteristics of patients who had HSV-2, by use of data from a…”
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Community-based urine screening for Chlamydia trachomatis with a ligase chain reaction assay by MARRAZZO, J. M, WHITE, C. L, KREKELER, B, CELUM, C. L, LAFFERTY, W. E, STAMM, W. E, HANDSFIELD, H. H

“…Urine tests for Chlamydia trachomatis permit expansion of screening beyond traditional clinic environments. Prevention of infection in teenagers is a high…”
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Screening of males for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections at STD clinics in three US cities -- Indianapolis, New Orleans, Seattle by Kohl, K S, Sternberg, M R, Markowitz, L E, Blythe, M J, Kissinger, P, Lafferty, W E, Groseclose, S L, Levine, W C

“…We assessed prevalence and risk factor data for men routinely screened for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in STD clinics in four US cities…”
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Men Who Have Sex With Men: Acquisition of Gonorrhea and Nongonococcal Urethritis by Fellatio and Implications for STD/HIV Prevention by LAFFERTY, WILLIAM E., HUGHES, JAMES P., HANDSFIELD, H. HUNTER

“…Background and Objectives: Despite trends toward safer sex practices in homosexually active men, some such people remain at high risk for acquiring sexually…”
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Diagnosis of herpes simplex virus by direct immunofluorescence and viral isolation from samples of external genital lesions in a high-prevalence population by LAFFERTY, W. E, KROFFT, S, REMINGTON, M, GIDDINGS, R, WINTER, C, CENT, A, COREY, L

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Survival trends of people with AIDS in Washington State by Lafferty, W E, Glidden, D, Hopkins, S G

“…Survival rates of 609 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Washington State diagnosed between 1982 and 1987 according to pre-1987 AIDS…”
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Risk Factors for Urethritis in Heterosexual Men: The Role of Fellatio and Other Sexual Practices by SCHWARTZ, MARGOT A., LAFFERTY, WILLIAM E., HUGHES, JAMES P., HANDSFIELD, H. HUNTER

“…Background: Nonchlamydial nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) in heterosexual men. Prior studies have suggested that…”
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Privatization of STD Services in Tacoma, Washington: A Quality Review by EUBANKS, CAROL, LAFFERTY, WILLIAM E., KIMBALL, ANN MARIE, MacCORNACK, RICK, KASSLER, WILLIAM J.

“…Background and Objectives: This study describes key features of the privatized model of sexually transmitted disease (STD) service provision in Tacoma,…”
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The Impact of Health Care Market Changes on Local Decision Making and STD Care: Experience in Three Counties by Kimball, Ann M., Lafferty, William E., Kassler, William J., Hundt, Anna, MacCornack, Rick, Bolan, Gail

“…In 1993 health care reform including universal coverage appeared imminent. Some county health departments elected to discontinue provision of direct services…”
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Psychiatric comorbidity and length of stay in hospitalized AIDS patients by Uldall, K K, Koutsky, L A, Bradshaw, D H, Hopkins, S G, Katon, W, Lafferty, W E

“…The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of psychiatric comorbidity on specific measures of hospital utilization, including length of stay, among…”
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Progression to AIDS or death following diagnosis with a class IV non-AIDS disease: utilization of a surveillance database by Maden, C, Hopkins, S G, Lafferty, W E

“…Time to progression to an AIDS-defining disease or death was analyzed for residents of King County, Washington State, with selected class IV non-AIDS…”
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Alteration of lymphocyte transformation response to herpes simplex virus infection by acyclovir therapy by LAFFERTY, W. E, BREWER, L. A, COREY, L

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Survival after AIDS diagnosis in Washington State: trends through 1989 and effect of the case definition change of 1987 by Maden, C, Hopkins, S G, Smyser, M, Lafferty, W E

“…Survival analysis was performed for AIDS cases diagnosed in Washington state from 1982 through 1989 and reported through October 31, 1991. No difference in…”
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Hospital charges for people with AIDS in Washington State: utilization of a statewide hospital discharge data base by Lafferty, W E, Hopkins, S G, Honey, J, Harwell, J D, Shoemaker, P C, Kobayashi, J M

“…We analyzed Washington State inpatient hospital utilization for 165 AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) cases with 344 hospitalizations from July 1984…”
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Recurrences after oral and genital herpes simplex virus infection. Influence of site of infection and viral type by Lafferty, W E, Coombs, R W, Benedetti, J, Critchlow, C, Corey, L

“…We prospectively followed 39 adults with concurrent primary herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection (12 with HSV type 1 and 27 with HSV type 2) of the oropharynx…”
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Adolescent enrollees in Medicaid managed care: the provision of well care and sexual health assessment by Lafferty, William E, Downey, Lois, Shields, Anne W, Holan, Christine M, Lind, Alice

“…Purpose: (1) To estimate the proportion of adolescents receiving outpatient care, well care, and sexual health assessment during 12 months of continuous…”
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Acute renal failure after acetaminophen overdose: report of two cases by Jeffery, W H, Lafferty, W E

“…Two cases of acute tubular necrosis without hepatic failure following acetaminophen overdose are reported. A 19-year-old Caucasian woman ingested 100 500-mg…”
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Suppression of lymphocyte proliferation by human tumor cells grown in short term cultures by Lafferty, W E, Kempf, R A, Goodwin, J S

“…We studied the effect of human tumor cells grown in short term cultures on the proliferative response fo normal human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)…”
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The Fish in Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease (FISH) Survey--Primary Care Physicians and  3 Fatty Acid Prescribing Behaviors by Oh, R. C., Beresford, S. A. A., Lafferty, W. E.

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The use of complementary and alternative medical providers by insured cancer patients in Washington state by Lafferty, William E., Bellas, Allen, Corage Baden, Andrea, Tyree, Patrick Timothy, Standish, Leanna J., Patterson, Ruth

“…BACKGROUND Insurance coverage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is expanding. However, to the authors' knowledge, little is know concerning CAM…”
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