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Joanne Luoto
Researcher at National Institutes of Health
Publications - 5
Citations - 320
Joanne Luoto is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spermicide & Population. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications receiving 305 citations.
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Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition.
Charles S. Morrison,Charles S. Morrison,Barbra A. Richardson,Francis Mmiro,Tsungai Chipato,David D. Celentano,Joanne Luoto,Roy D. Mugerwa,Nancy Padian,Sungwal Rugpao,Joelle Brown,Peter G A Cornelisse,Robert A. Salata +12 more
TL;DR: No association was found between hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition overall, which is reassuring for women needing effective contraception in settings of high HIV prevalence, however, hormonal contraceptive users who were HSV-2 seronegative had an increased risk of HIV acquisition.
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Contraceptive effectiveness and safety of five nonoxynol-9 spermicides: a randomized trial.
TL;DR: The gel with the lowest amount of nonoxynol-9 was less effective than the 2 higher-dose gels and formulation did not significantly affect pregnancy risk.
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Acceptability of five nonoxynol-9 spermicides.
Elizabeth G. Raymond,Pai Lien Chen,Sean Condon,Joanne Luoto,Kurt T. Barnhart,Mitchell D. Creinin,Alfred N. Poindexter,Livia Wan,Mark G. Martens,Robert S. Schenken,Richard E. Blackwell +10 more
TL;DR: All five nonoxynol-9 (N-9) spermicides were considered acceptable by most users and did not appear to influence spermicide use or pregnancy risk.
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Participant characteristics associated with withdrawal from a large randomized trial of spermicide effectiveness
Elizabeth G. Raymond,Pai Lien Chen,Bosny Pierre-Louis,Joanne Luoto,Kurt T. Barnhart,Lynn Bradley,Mitchell D. Creinin,Alfred N. Poindexter,Livia Wan,Mark G. Martens,Robert S. Schenken,Cate Nicholas,Richard E. Blackwell +12 more
TL;DR: Characteristics of participants who failed to complete seven months of planned participation in a trial of spermicide efficacy were explored, finding that failure to complete is a major problem in barrier method trials that seriously compromises the interpretation of results.
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Hormonal contraception and the risk of HIV acquisition. Commentary
Charles S. Morrison,Barbra A. Richardson,Francis Mmiro,Tsungai Chipato,David D. Celentano,Joanne Luoto,Roy D. Mugerwa,Nancy Padian,Sungwal Rugpao,Joelle Brown,Peter G. A. Cornelisse,Robert A. Salata,Marc Bulterys,Dawn K. Smith,Ann Chao,Harold W. Jaffe +15 more
TL;DR: No association was found between hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition overall, which is reassuring for women needing effective contraception in settings of high HIV prevalence, however, hormonal contraceptive users who were HSV-2 seronegative had an increased risk of HIV acquisition.