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This paper outlines a commentary response to an article published by Young and colleagues in Preventive Medicine that evaluated the feasibility of using Twitter as a surveillance and monitoring took for HIV. We draw upon the broader literature on disease surveillance and public health prevention using social media and broader considerations of epidemiological and surveillance methods to provide readers...
This article presents data on the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the UK, focusing on syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydial infection, genital herpes and warts, and lymphogranuloma venereum. The epidemiology of STIs has changed considerably over the course of the 20th century, reflecting changes in sexual behaviour, new diagnostic techniques, and social, economic and demographic...
Feasibility studies are an important component of preparations for efficacy field trials of vaccine candidates, but represent a neglected area in clinical trial literature. These studies are designed to identify cohorts of higher-risk individuals with sufficiently high incidence to support a vaccine trial; to determine the readiness of these individuals to participate in a trial; to develop cost-effective...
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