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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
|
Herpes simplex virus type 2 in the United States, 1976 to 1994.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1997
|
7.59
|
|
2
|
Spectrum of immunodeficiency in HIV-1-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Zaire.
|
Lancet
|
1993
|
5.52
|
|
3
|
Characteristics of persons with syphilis in areas of persisting syphilis in the United States: sustained transmission associated with concurrent partnerships.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2001
|
4.03
|
|
4
|
Laboratory testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae by recently introduced nonculture tests: a performance review with clinical and public health considerations.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
1998
|
3.69
|
|
5
|
Pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in Zaire. A controlled trial of treatment for either 6 or 12 months.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1995
|
3.09
|
|
6
|
HIV infection among patients in U.S. acute care hospitals. Strategies for the counseling and testing of the hospital patients. The Hospital HIV Surveillance Group.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1992
|
3.01
|
|
7
|
Sociodemographic factors and the variation in syphilis rates among US counties, 1984 through 1993: an ecological analysis.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1997
|
2.03
|
|
8
|
Evaluation of nucleic acid amplification tests as reference tests for Chlamydia trachomatis infections in asymptomatic men.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
2000
|
2.02
|
|
9
|
Determinants of persistent and recurrent Chlamydia trachomatis infection in young women: results of a multicenter cohort study.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2001
|
1.97
|
|
10
|
A pilot study of the prevalence of chlamydial infection in a national household survey.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
1998
|
1.78
|
|
11
|
An outbreak of syphilis in Alabama prisons: correctional health policy and communicable disease control.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2001
|
1.73
|
|
12
|
The effect of treating sexually transmitted diseases on the transmission of HIV in dually infected persons: a clinic-based estimate. Ad Hoc STD/HIV Transmission Group.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2000
|
1.72
|
|
13
|
Chloramphenicol-resistant Salmonella newport traced through hamburger to dairy farms. A major persisting source of human salmonellosis in California.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1987
|
1.71
|
|
14
|
A prospective study of diarrhea and HIV-1 infection among 429 Zairian infants.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1993
|
1.63
|
|
15
|
Growth of children according to maternal and child HIV, immunological and disease characteristics: a prospective cohort study in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
|
Int J Epidemiol
|
1999
|
1.58
|
|
16
|
Etiology of genital ulcers and prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus coinfection in 10 US cities. The Genital Ulcer Disease Surveillance Group.
|
J Infect Dis
|
1998
|
1.55
|
|
17
|
Estimating the timing of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in a breast-feeding population in Kinshasa, Zaire.
|
J Infect Dis
|
1996
|
1.55
|
|
18
|
High HIV-1 incidence in young women masked by stable overall seroprevalence among childbearing women in Kinshasa, Zaïre: estimating incidence from serial seroprevalence data.
|
AIDS
|
1994
|
1.50
|
|
19
|
Doxycycline and azithromycin for prevention of chlamydial persistence or recurrence one month after treatment in women. A use-effectiveness study in public health settings.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
1998
|
1.46
|
|
20
|
The transmission dynamics of gonorrhoea: modelling the reported behaviour of infected patients from Newark, New Jersey.
|
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
|
1999
|
1.45
|
|
21
|
Estimated incidence and prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in the United States, 1996.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
1999
|
1.44
|
|
22
|
Duration of untreated genital infections with chlamydia trachomatis: a review of the literature.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2000
|
1.42
|
|
23
|
HIV prevalence in patients with syphilis, United States.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2000
|
1.36
|
|
24
|
Impact of HIV counseling and testing among child-bearing women in Kinshasa, Zaïre.
|
AIDS
|
1993
|
1.35
|
|
25
|
An investigation of genital ulcers in Jackson, Mississippi, with use of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay: high prevalence of chancroid and human immunodeficiency virus infection.
|
J Infect Dis
|
1998
|
1.26
|
|
26
|
HIV-1 seroconversion in a prospective study of female sex workers in northern Thailand: continued high incidence among brothel-based women.
|
AIDS
|
1998
|
1.25
|
|
27
|
Comparison of plasmid profiles, phage types, and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella enteritidis isolates in the United States.
|
J Clin Microbiol
|
1992
|
1.23
|
|
28
|
Trichomoniasis in pregnant human immunodeficiency virus-infected and human immunodeficiency virus-uninfected congolese women: prevalence, risk factors, and association with low birth weight.
|
Am J Obstet Gynecol
|
1999
|
1.22
|
|
29
|
Rapid assessment of sexually transmitted diseases in a sentinel population in Thailand: prevalence of chlamydial infection, gonorrhoea, and syphilis among pregnant women--1996.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
1998
|
1.18
|
|
30
|
Divergent human papillomavirus type 16 variants are serologically cross-reactive.
|
J Infect Dis
|
1995
|
1.17
|
|
31
|
Seroprevalence of HIV among female sex workers in Bangkok: evidence of ongoing infection risk after the "100% condom program" was implemented.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
1999
|
1.17
|
|
32
|
Leaving sex work: barriers, facilitating factors and consequences for female sex workers in northern Thailand.
|
AIDS Care
|
2003
|
1.16
|
|
33
|
Plasma cytokines, cytokine antagonists, and disease progression in African women infected with HIV-1.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
1996
|
1.13
|
|
34
|
Gonorrhea in male adolescents and young adults in Newark, New Jersey: implications of risk factors and patient preferences for prevention strategies.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2000
|
1.11
|
|
35
|
Incident syphilis among women with multiple admissions to jail in New York City.
|
J Infect Dis
|
1999
|
1.11
|
|
36
|
Sexually transmitted diseases and adverse outcomes of pregnancy.
|
Clin Perinatol
|
1997
|
1.11
|
|
37
|
Mucosal disruption due to use of a widely-distributed commercial vaginal product: potential to facilitate HIV transmission.
|
AIDS
|
1998
|
1.10
|
|
38
|
Douching and sexually transmitted diseases in pregnant women in Surabaya, Indonesia.
|
Am J Obstet Gynecol
|
1996
|
1.05
|
|
39
|
Impact of the HIV epidemic on trends in tuberculosis in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
|
Tuber Lung Dis
|
1995
|
1.03
|
|
40
|
The impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on pelvic inflammatory disease: a case-control study in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
|
Am J Obstet Gynecol
|
1995
|
1.02
|
|
41
|
HIV-1 seroprevalence among childbearing women in northern Thailand: monitoring a rapidly evolving epidemic.
|
AIDS
|
1999
|
1.00
|
|
42
|
Intercity spread of gonococci with decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones: a unique focus in the United States.
|
J Infect Dis
|
1998
|
0.98
|
|
43
|
Syphilis in Atlanta during an era of declining incidence.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2000
|
0.98
|
|
44
|
The evolving epidemiology of syphilis.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1995
|
0.96
|
|
45
|
Sexually transmitted diseases among female prisoners in Brazil: prevalence and risk factors.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2000
|
0.95
|
|
46
|
Sexually transmitted diseases of older persons in Washington State.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2001
|
0.92
|
|
47
|
Medication use by female sex workers for treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, Chiang Rai, Thailand.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
1997
|
0.91
|
|
48
|
Untangling the persistence of syphilis in the South.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
1996
|
0.87
|
|
49
|
A public health approach to adverse outcomes of pregnancy associated with bacterial vaginosis.
|
Int J Gynaecol Obstet
|
1999
|
0.85
|
|
50
|
Completeness of and duration of time before treatment after screening women for Chlamydia trachomatis infections.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
1999
|
0.84
|
|
51
|
Seroprevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type I or II in sexually transmitted disease clinic patients in the USA.
|
J Infect Dis
|
1990
|
0.82
|
|
52
|
Janus considers the HIV pandemic--harnessing recent advances to enhance AIDS prevention.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1997
|
0.81
|
|
53
|
Implementing a syphilis elimination and importation control strategy in a low-incidence urban area: San Diego County, California, 1997-1998.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2000
|
0.80
|
|
54
|
Anti-A60 immunoglobulin G in the serodiagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-seropositive and seronegative patients.
|
AIDS
|
1994
|
0.80
|
|
55
|
Geographic variation of HIV infection in childbearing women with syphilis in the United States.
|
AIDS
|
2000
|
0.80
|
|
56
|
Risk profile of female sex workers who participate in a routine penicillin prophylaxis programme in Surabaya, Indonesia.
|
Int J STD AIDS
|
1998
|
0.79
|
|
57
|
Epidemiologic support to state and local sexually transmitted disease control programs. Perceived need and availability. The Field Epidemiology Network for STDs (FENS).
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
1998
|
0.79
|
|
58
|
Prevalence of genital chlamydial infection in young women entering a national job training program, 1990-1997.
|
Am J Public Health
|
2001
|
0.78
|
|
59
|
Syphilis among HIV-infected mothers and their infants in Texas from 1988 to 1994.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2001
|
0.78
|
|
60
|
Syphilis outbreak assessment.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2001
|
0.75
|
|
61
|
Determinants of perinatal HIV-1 transmission.
|
Clin Obstet Gynecol
|
1996
|
0.75
|
|
62
|
Anonymous human immunodeficiency virus surveillance and clinically directed testing in a Newark, NJ, hospital.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
1991
|
0.75
|
|
63
|
Enzyme-linked immunospot assay for the diagnosis of active Treponema pallidum infection during the various stages of syphilis.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
1999
|
0.75
|
|
64
|
Lack of demonstrable association between use of a cervicovaginal mucosal irritant and HIV infection in female commercial sex workers in Thailand.
|
AIDS
|
1998
|
0.75
|