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Phylogenetic clustering networks among heterosexual migrants with new HIV diagnoses post-migration in Australia

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Phylogenetic clustering networks among heterosexual migrants with new HIV diagnoses post-migration in Australia Rachel Sacks-Davis et al PLOS One Published: September 1, 2020 Background: It is estimated that approximately half of new HIV diagnoses among heterosexual migrants in Victoria, Australia, were acquired post-migration. We investigated the characteristics of phylogenetic clusters in...

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Syphilis Outbreak in Northern South Australia

By J Pope

In Aboriginal Health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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SA Health, Communicable Disease Control Branch (CDCB),15/5/17 The Communicable Disease Control Branch (CDCB) has been closely monitoring infectious syphilis notifications in South Australia in light of a multi-jurisdictional outbreak of syphilis occurring across northern Australia. It appears that this outbreak has spread to South Australia, with sustained transmission occurring in Port Augusta...

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Interactive infographics illustrating spike in Indigenous STI/BBV rates

By J Pope

In Aboriginal Health, Hepatitis, HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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The following article contains interactive in infographics illustrating Indigenous rates of STIs/BBVs, compared to the non-Indigenous population. The graphic can be adjusted to display chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhoea, HIV & hepatitis B.
‘A national shame’: Spike in Indigenous STI rates prompts call for urgent action (scroll down for graphics)

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One in five ‘heterosexual’ men in the UK caught their HIV from another man

By J Pope

In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, HIV, LGBTIQ+ issues, Multicultural communities, Safer sex

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nam/aidsmap, 18 February 2017 A genetic analysis of a large database of people with HIV in the UK in care shows that 18% of men with HIV who claim to be exclusively heterosexual in fact belong to clusters of linked infections that consist only of men. This provides a minimum figure for the proportion of men with HIV in the UK who are what the researchers call non-disclosed MSM (ndMSM). These...

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