Search Results - "Parry, J.V."
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Not in the vein: ‘missed hits’, subcutaneous and intramuscular injections and associated harms among people who inject psychoactive drugs in Bristol, United Kingdom
Published in The International journal of drug policy (01-02-2016)“…Highlights • Intentional subcutaneous and intramuscular injections are rare. • 56% of those aiming to inject intravenously reported ever missing a vein. •…”
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Going into the groin : Injection into the femoral vein among people who inject drugs in three urban areas of England
Published in Drug and alcohol dependence (01-07-2015)“…Highlights • 53% reported ever groin (femoral vein) injecting; 41% in preceding month. • The most common reasons were “ Can’t get a vein elsewhere ”, “discreet…”
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Factors associated with recent symptoms of an injection site infection or injury among people who inject drugs in three English cities
Published in The International journal of drug policy (01-03-2014)“…Abstract Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at risk of injection site infections and injuries. The factors associated with recent symptoms of these…”
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Sensitive assays for viral antibodies in saliva: an alternative to tests on serum
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (11-07-1987)“…Paired serum and saliva specimens were tested by conventional assays and by IgG-capture radioimmunoassays (GACRIA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays…”
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Low levels of hepatitis C diagnosis and testing uptake among people who inject image and performance enhancing drugs in England and Wales, 2012-15
Published in Drug and alcohol dependence (01-10-2017)“…•One in 20 people who inject image & performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs) have hepatitis C antibodies.•Uptake of hepatitis C testing was poor; less than…”
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Are there missed opportunities for vaccinating against hepatitis B among people who inject drugs in the UK?
Published in Epidemiology and infection (01-01-2019)“…Sustaining the impact of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination on incidence and prevalence of HBV infection requires increasing and maintaining the uptake of…”
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Factors associated with recently acquired hepatitis C virus infection in people who inject drugs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: new findings from an unlinked anonymous monitoring survey
Published in Epidemiology and infection (01-05-2015)“…Monitoring infections and risk in people who inject drugs (PWID) is important for informing public health responses. In 2011, a novel hepatitis C antibody…”
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antibody Avidity Testing To Identify Recent Infection in Newly Diagnosed HIV Type 1 (HIV-1)-Seropositive Persons Infected with Diverse HIV-1 Subtypes
Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology (01-02-2007)“…A guanidine-based antibody avidity assay for the identification of recently acquired human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection was evaluated. The…”
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Characteristics of injecting drug users accessing different types of needle and syringe programme or using secondary distribution
Published in Journal of public health (Oxford, England) (01-09-2010)“…Background In the UK, needle and syringe programmes (NSP) are delivered via community pharmacies or substance misuse services (SMSNSP). Understanding the…”
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Comparison of methods to detect recent HIV type 1 infection in cross-sectionally collected specimens from a cohort of female sex workers in the Dominican Republic
Published in AIDS research and human retroviruses (01-12-2007)“…Interest in estimating HIV-1 incidence using specimens obtained as part of cross-sectional surveys has led to the development of new methods to detect recent…”
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Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in injecting drug users in england and wales: implications for HCV drug therapy
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Diverse HIV-1 genetic subtypes in UK
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (25-05-1996)Get more information
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Determinants of HIV disease progression: six-year longitudinal study in the Edinburgh haemophilia/HIV cohort
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (09-11-1991)“…Markers of immune function present before infection may determine the subsequent course of disease in HIV-infected individuals. In 1983, we measured immune…”
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Reappearance of HIV antibody in an infected, seronegative individual after treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy
Published in AIDS (London) (16-04-1999)“…There has been increasing excitement about the ability of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to allow the immune system to regenerate specific…”
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Post-transfusion HIV infection despite donor screening: a report of three cases
Published in The Journal of hospital infection (01-02-2000)“…In August 1996, a blood donation was collected which subsequently infected three patients post-transfusion with HIV 1. The donation itself was originally…”
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Preliminary report: accurate assays for anti-HIV in urine
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (09-06-1990)“…Untreated urine specimens from 358 patients (344 attending genito-urinary medicine clinics, 14 haemophiliacs) and 353 blood donors were tested blind by a…”
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Evaluation of a combined HIV-1/2 and HTLV-I/II assay for screening blood donors
Published in Vox sanguinis (01-05-1995)“…A combined immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of antibodies to HIV-1/2 and HTLV-I/II (Bioelisa, Launch Diagnostics) has been evaluated to determine its…”
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