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Background: Substance abuse by female sex workers (FSWs) is particularly prevalent in the Northeastern states in India. It is important to understand how the FSWs actually function in different contexts. Objectives: The study aimed to describe various characteristics of substance abusing FSWs and to explore the changing trends in sex work dynamics in Imphal, Northeast India. Methods: This community-based, mixed-method, cross-sectional study was conducted among FSWs in Imphal from May 2017 to August 2019...

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BACKGROUND: Despite its criminalization in Ghana, commercial sex work dates back to ancient societies and occurs in various forms within communities. The authors examined commercial sex work in selected public Universities in Ghana to inform policy and program decisions for safer sex at the universities in Ghana. METHODS: The study was an exploratory-mixed-method design. Respondents were identified using purposive and snowballing techniques while semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews were used for data collection between 2017and 2019...

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) pose a serious threat to clinical management and public health. We investigated the molecular characteristics of 12 IMP-4 metallo-β-lactamase-producing strains, namely, 5 Enterobacter cloacae , 3 Escherichia coli , 2 Klebsiella pneumoniae , and 2 Citrobacter freundii . These strains were collected from a tertiary teaching hospital in Zhengzhou from 2013 to 2015. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) results showed that each bla IMP - 4 -positive isolate was multidrug-resistant (MDR) but susceptible to colistin...

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PURPOSE: Teaching by way of asking questions is a time-honored practice that has taken on the negative connotation of "pimping" among medical students and has made some faculty hesitant to ask students questions during clerkship rotations. Yet, quantitative studies exploring student perspectives on this practice are limited. This study aimed to solicit student and faculty views and investigate faculty perceptions of students' preferences. METHOD: Students who completed their internal medicine clerkship during the 2017-2018 academic year (n = 165) and were from the 2020 graduating class and their supervising faculty (n = 144) at the University of Michigan Medical School were asked to complete a Likert response survey in April 2019...

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OBJECTIVES: We examined data collected as part of the fifth round of integrated biological and behavioural surveillance to determine the prevalence and factors associated with HIV infection among female sex workers (FSWs) in Pakistan. METHODS: FSWs were defined as 'all females, age 13 years and above, who receive money or goods in exchange for sexual services, regardless of the site of operation'. Data were collected between October 2016 and January 2017 in 18 cities using multistage sampling techniques to randomly select FSWs from spots facilitated by peers...

Much research exists examining sex work in relation to substance use and other physical health risks. However, there is a paucity of research exploring person-level characteristics, such as pathological personality traits, in relation to sex work. This study used a large sample of incarcerated women ( n = 310) to address 2 aims involving prostitution and pimping. The first aim was an attempt to replicate and generalize previous findings from Edwards and Verona (2016) on associations among psychopathic traits, substance use, and prostitution...

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After Canada's laws criminalising sex work were struck down by the Supreme Court for violating sex workers' rights and new end-demand legislation was passed in 2014. These new laws however continue to criminalise sex work third parties (i.e. venue owners/managers) who gain material benefits, despite evidence that managed in-call venues can provide important protections for sex workers. As part of a longstanding community-based study in Vancouver, this analysis drew on 25 in-depth interviews with third parties who provide services for indoor sex workers...

BACKGROUND: Research suggests sexual minority female sex workers (SM-FSW) face elevated structural vulnerability and HIV risk compared to their heterosexual counterparts. Structural vulnerabilities reflect societal level factors (e.g., sexism, homophobia, racism) that constrain an individual's agency, particularly related to health outcomes. This study examines the association between SM status by identity and behavior, structural vulnerability, and HIV risk among a sample of street-based FSW...

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Background: Citrobacter freundii is the most common class of pathogens in the genus Citrobacter and is an important pathogen associated with certain underlying diseases or immune dysfunction. The aim of this study was to elucidate the resistance mechanism of clinically derived carbapenem-resistant C. freundii isolate and to characterize the genetic environment and delivery pattern of the IncN1 plasmid carrying the bla IMP-4 gene from C. freundii isolate. Materials and Methods: We identified a clinical isolate of C...

Purpose: Imipenemase (IMP), an Ambler class B metallo-β-lactamase, is an important carbapenemase that confers resistance to almost all β-lactams. In this study, we characterized the genomic feature of an IMP-4-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST1873 strain, a rare sequence type (ST) isolated from an infant with a bloodstream infection in China. Patients and Methods: K. pneumoniae strain, BKP19, was collected from a bloodstream infection in an infant who was hospitalized at the department of paediatrics...

Adsorption and desorption of proteins on biomaterial surfaces play a critical role in numerous biomedical applications. Spherical diblock polymer brushes (polystyrene with photoiniferter (PSV) as the core) with different block sequence, poly(acrylic acid)-b-poly(N-(2-hydroxyethyl) acrylamide) (PSV@PAA-b-PHEAA) and poly(N-(2-hydroxyethyl) acrylamide)-b-poly(acrylic acid) (PSV@PHEAA-b-PAA) were prepared via surface-initiated photoiniferter-mediated polymerization (SI-PIMP) and confirmed by a series of characterizations including TEM, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and elemental analysis...

INTRODUCTION: The commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is a pediatric health care problem with significant physical and mental health consequences for victims, even death. Although there exists community-wide collaborations in the United States to address professional response to CSEC, these efforts often have a limited capacity to reach adolescents and involve them in CSEC prevention. As part of a prevention strategy, the National Institute of Justice recommends educating youth about CSEC and exploiters' recruitment tactics...

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