| human immunodeficiency virus antibodies in sera of australian blood donors: 1985-1990. | to describe the results of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) antibody testing of blood donations in australia. | 1991 | 1895970 |
| heterosexual gonorrhoea in central sydney: implications for hiv control. | gonorrhoea is a sexually transmissible disease (std) characteristic of a core group of individuals and their contacts. from the experience of a sydney std clinic, as well as local and national population-based reports, trends in heterosexually acquired gonorrhoea in australia over a decade were examined. an overall decline of 90% in case numbers between 1981 and 1989 was found, with an average yearly decline of 30%. the improved compliance with condom use by sydney prostitutes and their clients ... | 1991 | 1899125 |
| heroin users seeking methadone treatment. | seven hundred and sixty-seven patients applying to enter public methadone programmes in the western suburbs of sydney underwent assessment in the drug and alcohol unit at westmead hospital between 1986 and 1988. these patients had long histories of illicit drug use and most were involved in crime, prostitution and a drug subculture. many abused multiple drugs, and almost all had been exposed to hepatitis b virus. however, human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) seropositivity rate was low. methadone ... | 1990 | 2093804 |
| predicting the course of aids in australia. | there have been urgent demands for knowledge about the epidemic of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in australia. accurate predictions are important for efficient allocation and planning of limited health-care resources. ideal data for this purpose would be reliable knowledge of the past and present incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. however, since the incidence of the infection is unknown predictions can only be based on historical data of the incidence of a ... | 1990 | 2215308 |
| intravenous drug users who present to the albion street (aids) centre for diagnosis and management of human immunodeficiency virus infection. | intravenous drug users who presented to the albion street (aids) centre for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) antibody screening during the period march 1, 1985 to january 31, 1989, were included in this study. information on medical history and hiv risk-related behaviour was collected by means of a standardized, computer-coded medical record. of the 1222 intravenous drug users in this study, 72.3% were men, 26.9% were women and 0.8% were transsexual, with 60.1% of the total claiming exclusive ... | 1990 | 2296235 |
| discrimination in the provision of health care in relation to persons with infection with the human immunodeficiency virus. | | 1990 | 2300030 |
| hiv-related risk-taking behaviour, knowledge and serostatus of intravenous drug users in sydney. | this study was carried out in 1987 to investigate the relationships between human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-related risk-taking behaviour, demographic characteristics and serostatus of 181 intravenous drug users in sydney. subjects were predominantly heterosexual men in their late twenties with limited secondary education. the majority (77%) had been injecting drugs for more than two years and were daily (91%) injectors of heroin (87%). eighty per cent had shared injection equipment. condom u ... | 1990 | 2381335 |
| sexual practices and "beats": aids-related sexual practices in a sample of homosexual and bisexual men in the western area of sydney. | one hundred and seventy-six men who had engaged in sexual activity with other men in the past six months were interviewed, in the western area of sydney, about their sexual activities and knowledge as related to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). comparisons were made between men who had frequented "beats" (public toilets, parks or isolated roads where men meet for homosexual encounters) in the past six months, and those who did not use beats. one-quarter of those men who frequented ... | 1989 | 2593940 |
| a general practitioner std training programme: meeting education and service provision needs. | this paper discusses the development, implementation and evaluation of a training programme in sexually transmitted diseases (stds) for general practitioners (gps) belonging to the divisions of general practice in the sydney metropolitan area. the aims of the project were to involve gps in the management of stds, sexual health issues and the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and to ensure a consistent and high quality of care in the management of stds and hiv. the strate ... | 1998 | 9874119 |
| documented prevalence of hiv and hepatitis c infection in patients with penetrating trauma. | trauma patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) or hepatitis c (hcv) pose specific problems to health-care workers due to the risk of exposure to these agents in blood and other body fluids. studies of patients with penetrating trauma in the usa have shown a higher prevalence of hiv and hcv infection than the general population. no studies have examined the prevalence of these infections in australian trauma patients. | 2001 | 11167592 |
| sexual behaviour in injecting drug users. | a survey of the self-reported sexual behaviors of 1239 intravenous drug users recruited off the streets in sydney, australia, highlighted the impact of both sexual orientation and gender on the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in this population. the sample included 908 men (mean age, 27.9 years) and 331 women (mean age, 26.3 years), the majority of whom were unemployed or receiving social security benefits. among male respondents, 50 were homosexual, 117 were bisexual, an ... | 1992 | 12288843 |
| australia's notifiable diseases status, 2001: annual report of the national notifiable diseases surveillance system. | in 2001 there were 104,187 notifications of communicable diseases in australia reported to the national notifiable diseases surveillance system (nndss). the number of notifications in 2001 was an increase of 16 per cent of those reported in 2000 (89,740) and the largest annual total since the nndss commenced in 1991. in 2001, nine new diseases were added to the list of diseases reported to nndss and four diseases were removed. the new diseases were cryptosporidiosis, laboratory-confirmed influen ... | 2003 | 12725505 |
| smoking cessation for clients who are hiv-positive. | to identify smoking prevalence and behaviour in clients who are human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-positive and to enrol those wanting to stop smoking in a smoking cessation programme. | 2005 | 16350501 |
| post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis due to leishmania infantum in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patient. | we report the first case of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis due to leishmania infantum in a human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patient in australia. molecular characterization of the isolate was performed using pcr restriction fragment length polymorphism targeting both repetitive sequences from leishmania nuclear dna and repetitive kinetoplast dna minicircles for species differentiation. | 2006 | 16517925 |
| contemporary cocaine use patterns and associated harms in melbourne and sydney, australia. | the aim of this paper was to explore the nature of cocaine use and harms through a cross-sectional survey of cocaine users interviewed in the two largest australian cities of sydney (n = 88) and melbourne (n = 77) between october 2004 and january 2005. the study supported previous findings that australian cocaine users could be classified broadly into two types. the majority of cocaine users interviewed were classified as socially and economically integrated. they were young, employed, well-educ ... | 2007 | 17701517 |
| abnormal anal cytology in high-risk human papilloma virus infection in hiv-infected australians. | to assess the prevalence of abnormal anal cytology and high-risk human papilloma virus (hpv)-type infection in hiv-infected people with a cd4 cell count >300 cells/microl. | 2008 | 17881414 |
| characteristics and harms associated with injecting versus smoking methamphetamine among methamphetamine treatment entrants. | to compare the characteristics and harms associated with injecting and smoking methamphetamine among methamphetamine treatment entrants. | 2008 | 18368609 |
| vaccination and screening of medical students: results of a student health initiative. | to evaluate the immune status and vaccination needs of first-year medical students in relation to bloodborne viruses and common vaccine-preventable diseases. | 2008 | 18976187 |
| limited genetic diversity among genotypes of enterocytozoon bieneusi strains isolated from hiv-infected patients from sydney, australia. | microsporidia are intracellular parasites, with over 1200 species belonging to 143 genera described to date. they are opportunistic pathogens in humans and can cause chronic diarrhoea in immunosuppressed patients. both enterocytozoon bieneusi and encephalitozoon intestinalis cause intestinal disease, with enterocytozoon bieneusi more commonly identified in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. in this study, intestinal microsporidial clinical isolates from patients in sydne ... | 2009 | 19208886 |
| reemergence of the hiv epidemic among men who have sex with men in north america, western europe, and australia, 1996-2005. | to describe and contextualize changes in rates of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) notifications in men who have sex with men (msm) in eight countries (australia, canada, france, germany, netherlands, spain, united kingdom, and united states) from 1996-2005. | 2009 | 19460672 |