| prevalence of antibody to human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i/ii in people of caribbean origin in toronto. | to estimate the prevalence of antibody to human t-cell lymphotropic virus type i/ii (anti-htlv-i/ii) in people from an htlv-i/ii-endemic area (the caribbean) living in a nonendemic region (canada). | 1992 | 1423089 |
| absence of human t-lymphotropic virus types i and ii infection in an ontario hemophilia population. | two hundred ninety-three serum samples from ontario hemophiliacs and 200 samples from human immunodeficiency virus-positive blood donors were screened for the presence of antibodies to human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, radioimmunoassay, and western blot techniques. none of the serum samples provided unequivocal positive results, but several samples gave inconclusive results. of the hemophiliacs with inconclusive serologic results from whom periphera ... | 1992 | 1502703 |
| universal precautions to prevent hiv transmission to health care workers: an economic analysis. | the universal precautions recommended by the us centers for disease control (cdc), atlanta, for the prevention of hiv (human immunodeficiency virus) transmission to health care workers are widely accepted, despite little documentation of their effectiveness and efficiency. we reviewed the evidence on the risk of hiv transmission to hospital workers and the effectiveness of the universal precautions. we also evaluated the costs of implementing the recommendations in a 450-bed acute care teaching ... | 1990 | 2158390 |
| pharmacists' provision of continuity of care to patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. | a pharmacy program for providing continuity of care to patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is described. the program was implemented at three practice sites in toronto: a tertiary care teaching hospital; an outpatient community pharmacy that is part of the hospital; and an ambulatory care clinic affiliated with the hospital. an hiv pharmacy practice was established at the hospital in 1993. the community pharmacy serves at least 30% of the hiv-infected patients in ontario wh ... | 1996 | 8744462 |
| the infection control practices of general dental practitioners. | to investigate the infection control practices of general dentists in ontario in 1994. | 1997 | 9350462 |
| captain condom targets gay and bisexual men. | the aids committee of ottawa has developed six postcards to promote condom use among gay and bisexual men. since it has been shown that people with high self-esteem are more likely than others to have safer sex, all of the postcards encourage readers to be proud of their sexuality an to take care to not become infected with hiv. the cards and messages were developed through the project "talking safer sex - man to man" established by the creator of the central postcard character, the committee ... | 1993 | 12287377 |
| cervical dysplasia and associated risk factors in a juvenile detainee population. | canada has licensed a human papilloma virus (hpv) vaccine for adolescent females, with the goal of decreasing the incidence of hpv infection and associated cervical cancer. this study identifies the juvenile detainee population as a high-risk group for hpv infection and therefore an important target for primary prevention. | 2009 | 19592281 |
| validation of case-finding algorithms derived from administrative data for identifying adults living with human immunodeficiency virus infection. | we sought to validate a case-finding algorithm for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection using administrative health databases in ontario, canada. | 2011 | 21738786 |