Published in AIDS on October 23, 2013
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Recent HIV-1 infection contributes to the viral diffusion over the French territory with a recent increasing frequency. PLoS One (2012) 1.11
ru2hot?: A public health education campaign for men who have sex with men to increase awareness of symptoms of acute HIV infection. Sex Transm Infect (2013) 1.05
Performance of risk-based criteria for targeting acute HIV screening in San Francisco. PLoS One (2011) 0.96
HIV transmissions during seroconversion contribute significantly to new infections in men who have sex with men in Australia. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2011) 0.95
Screening acute HIV infections among Chinese men who have sex with men from voluntary counseling & testing centers. PLoS One (2011) 0.95
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The Development and Implementation of an Outreach Program to Identify Acute and Recent HIV Infections in New York City. Open AIDS J (2010) 0.92
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Routine laboratory screening for acute and recent HIV infection in Lima, Peru. Sex Transm Infect (2010) 0.86
Screening for acute human immunodeficiency virus infection in Baltimore public testing sites. Sex Transm Dis (2011) 0.86
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Identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Canada. N Engl J Med (2003) 14.29
Human illness from avian influenza H7N3, British Columbia. Emerg Infect Dis (2004) 4.29
Immunogenicity of 2 doses of HPV vaccine in younger adolescents vs 3 doses in young women: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA (2013) 3.06
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Hepatitis C virus reinfection in injection drug users. Hepatology (2006) 2.25
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Modeling control strategies of respiratory pathogens. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 1.79
Problems with the fast-check HIV rapid test kits. CMAJ (2002) 1.64
Burden of disease and cost of chronic hepatitis C infection in Canada. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2014) 1.59
A sentinel platform to evaluate influenza vaccine effectiveness and new variant circulation, Canada 2010-2011 season. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.58
Factors associated with spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus among illicit drug users. Can J Gastroenterol (2007) 1.44
Protective measures and human antibody response during an avian influenza H7N3 outbreak in poultry in British Columbia, Canada. CMAJ (2007) 1.43
Assessing women's willingness to collect their own cervical samples for HPV testing as part of the ASPIRE cervical cancer screening project in Uganda. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2011) 1.30
Reinfection with hepatitis C virus following sustained virological response in injection drug users. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2010) 1.26
Influenza A/subtype and B/lineage effectiveness estimates for the 2011-2012 trivalent vaccine: cross-season and cross-lineage protection with unchanged vaccine. J Infect Dis (2014) 1.23
Longitudinal phylogenetic surveillance identifies distinct patterns of cluster dynamics. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2010) 1.20
New variant of varicella-zoster virus. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 1.15
Health utilities and psychometric quality of life in patients with early- and late-stage hepatitis C virus infection. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2012) 1.13
Injection drug use and the hepatitis C virus: considerations for a targeted treatment approach--the case study of Canada. J Urban Health (2004) 1.10
Sustained responders have better quality of life and productivity compared with treatment failures long after antiviral therapy for hepatitis C. Am J Gastroenterol (2009) 1.10
Feasibility of self-collection of specimens for human papillomavirus testing in hard-to-reach women. CMAJ (2007) 1.08
Genetic diversity as a marker for timing infection in HIV-infected patients: evaluation of a 6-month window and comparison with BED. J Infect Dis (2012) 1.08
A randomized controlled trial of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing for cervical cancer screening: trial design and preliminary results (HPV FOCAL Trial). BMC Cancer (2010) 1.07
Impact of universal preadolescent vaccination against hepatitis B on antenatal seroprevalence of hepatitis B markers in British Columbia women. CMAJ (2003) 1.06
Age of recipient and number of doses differentially impact human B and T cell immune memory responses to HPV vaccination. Vaccine (2012) 1.04
Coordinated response to SARS, Vancouver, Canada. Emerg Infect Dis (2006) 1.04
Human papillomavirus 16 (HPV 16) and HPV 18 antibody responses measured by pseudovirus neutralization and competitive Luminex assays in a two- versus three-dose HPV vaccine trial. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2011) 1.03
Continued low uptake of treatment for hepatitis C virus infection in a large community-based cohort of inner city residents. Liver Int (2013) 1.01
Uptake, benefits of and barriers to safer crack use kit (SCUK) distribution programmes in Victoria, Canada--a qualitative exploration. Int J Drug Policy (2011) 0.99
Interim estimates of 2015/16 vaccine effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, Canada, February 2016. Euro Surveill (2016) 0.98
Results of a community-based cervical cancer screening pilot project using human papillomavirus self-sampling in Kampala, Uganda. Int J Gynaecol Obstet (2013) 0.97
Levels of antibodies against cytomegalovirus and Chlamydophila pneumoniae are increased in early onset pre-eclampsia. BJOG (2003) 0.97
Implications for HIV prevention programs from a serobehavioural survey of men who have sex with men in Vancouver, British Columbia: the ManCount study. Can J Public Health (2012) 0.96
The Second Canadian Symposium on hepatitis C virus: a call to action. Can J Gastroenterol (2013) 0.96
Process monitoring of an HIV treatment as prevention program in British Columbia, Canada. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2014) 0.96
Using centralized laboratory data to monitor trends in herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 infection in British Columbia and the changing etiology of genital herpes. Can J Public Health (2011) 0.96
HCV co-infection in HIV positive population in British Columbia, Canada. BMC Public Health (2010) 0.95
An Outbreak of Human Coronavirus OC43 Infection and Serological Cross-reactivity with SARS Coronavirus. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2006) 0.95
An association between cytomegalovirus infection and pre-eclampsia: a case-control study and data synthesis. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand (2010) 0.94
Mortality among British Columbians testing for hepatitis C antibody. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.94
Parvovirus B19 in an immunocompetent adult patient with acute liver failure: an underdiagnosed cause of acute non-A-E viral hepatitis. Can J Gastroenterol (2005) 0.93
Capacity enhancement of hepatitis C virus treatment through integrated, community-based care. Can J Gastroenterol (2008) 0.92
Outcomes of peginterferon alpha-2a and ribavirin hepatitis C therapy in Aboriginal Canadians. Can J Gastroenterol (2008) 0.91
Sustained increase in HIV-1 incidence since 2000 among men who have sex with men in British Columbia, Canada. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2005) 0.90
The hotel study: multimorbidity in a community sample living in marginal housing. Am J Psychiatry (2013) 0.90
STD and HIV counseling practices of British Columbia primary care physicians. AIDS Patient Care STDS (2005) 0.89
Mutations acquired during cell culture isolation may affect antigenic characterisation of influenza A(H3N2) clade 3C.2a viruses. Euro Surveill (2016) 0.88
Feasibility of incorporating self-collected rectal swabs into a community venue-based survey to measure the prevalence of HPV infection in men who have sex with men. Sex Transm Dis (2011) 0.88
Self-collected versus clinician-collected sampling for sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. Syst Rev (2013) 0.88
Impact of statistical adjustment for frequency of venue attendance in a venue-based survey of men who have sex with men. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 0.87
Understanding the role of embarrassment in gynaecological screening: a qualitative study from the ASPIRE cervical cancer screening project in Uganda. BMJ Open (2014) 0.87
Detection of influenza H7N9 virus: all molecular tests are not equal. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 0.86
Personalized risk assessment of drug-related harm is associated with health outcomes. PLoS One (2013) 0.85
Methadone use in relation to hepatitis C virus testing in British Columbia. Can J Public Health (2011) 0.84
Does cirrhosis affect quality of life in hepatitis C virus-infected patients? Liver Int (2009) 0.84
HIV-negative gay men's accounts of using context-dependent sero-adaptive strategies. Cult Health Sex (2014) 0.84
Hepatitis C virus and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in British Columbia, Canada. Int J Cancer (2008) 0.83
SARS: a quality management test of our public health safety net. Qual Manag Health Care (2004) 0.83
Relationship between disclosure of same-sex sexual activity to providers, HIV diagnosis and sexual health services for men who have sex with men in Vancouver, Canada. Can J Public Health (2014) 0.83
Towards targeted screening for acute HIV infections in British Columbia. J Int AIDS Soc (2011) 0.83
Serial vaccination and the antigenic distance hypothesis: effects on influenza vaccine effectiveness during A(H3N2) epidemics in Canada, 2010-11 to 2014-15. J Infect Dis (2017) 0.82
The 3rd Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus: expanding care in the interferon-free era. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2014) 0.82
Prevalence of human papillomavirus 16 and 18 neutralizing antibodies in prenatal women in British Columbia. Clin Vaccine Immunol (2009) 0.82
Women's intentions to receive cervical cancer screening with primary human papillomavirus testing. Int J Cancer (2013) 0.82
Imported fatal hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Emerg Infect Dis (2007) 0.81
Detection of Early Sero-Conversion HIV Infection Using the INSTI HIV-1 Antibody Point-of-Care Test. Open AIDS J (2010) 0.81
Immunogenicity of quadrivalent HPV and combined hepatitis A and B vaccine when co-administered or administered one month apart to 9-10 year-old girls according to 0-6 month schedule. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2014) 0.81
Neurocognitive profiles of marginally housed persons with comorbid substance dependence, viral infection, and psychiatric illness. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol (2014) 0.80
Prevalence and incidence of hepatitis C virus in hemodialysis patients in British Columbia: Follow-up after a possible breach in hemodialysis machines. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol (2009) 0.79
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Sexually transmitted infection trends among gay or bisexual men from a clinic-based sentinel surveillance system in British Columbia, Canada. Sex Transm Dis (2015) 0.79
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Publicly funded pegylated interferon-alpha treatment in British Columbia: disparities in treatment patterns for people with hepatitis C. Can J Gastroenterol (2008) 0.78
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Women's intentions to self-collect samples for human papillomavirus testing in an organized cervical cancer screening program. BMC Public Health (2014) 0.78
Acute nosocomial HCV infection detected by NAT of a regular blood donor. Transfusion (2002) 0.78
Variability of hepatitis B testing in British Columbian ESRD patients: the case to focus on implementation of guidelines. Am J Kidney Dis (2008) 0.78
Hepatitis C infection among pregnant women in British Columbia: reported prevalence and critical appraisal of current prenatal screening methods. Can J Public Health (2011) 0.77
Hepatitis C, illicit drug use and public health: does Canada really have a viable plan? Can J Public Health (2007) 0.77
Detection of influenza A(H3N2) clade 3C.2a viruses in patients with suspected mumps in British Columbia, Canada, during the 2014/15 influenza season. Euro Surveill (2015) 0.77
Mumps virus detection during an outbreak in a highly unvaccinated population in British Columbia. Can J Public Health (2011) 0.77
Longitudinal analysis of genotype distribution of influenza A virus from 2003 to 2005. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.77
Monitoring of hepatitis C virus quasispecies in chronic infection by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry mutation detection. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 0.77
Successful HCV genotyping of previously failed and low viral load specimens using an HCV RNA qualitative assay based on transcription-mediated amplification in conjunction with the line probe assay. J Clin Virol (2003) 0.76
Risks for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among Asian men who have sex with men in Vancouver, British Columbia: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.75
Case series of rash associated with influenza B in school children. Influenza Other Respir Viruses (2014) 0.75
Missed opportunities for prevention of perinatal transmission of hepatitis B: a retrospective cohort study. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2014) 0.75
Prevalence and risk factors for neutralizing antibodies to human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 in HIV-positive men who have sex with men. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2013) 0.75
West Nile virus finally debuts in British Columbia 10 years after its introduction to North America. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis (2010) 0.75
Identifying HCV genotype 1 patients at risk of relapse. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2010) 0.75
Post-Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure High-Risk Human Papillomavirus Testing as a Test of Cure: The British Columbia Experience. J Low Genit Tract Dis (2017) 0.75