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Melanie M. Taylor
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 99
Citations - 2668
Melanie M. Taylor is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Syphilis & Congenital syphilis. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 87 publications receiving 2042 citations. Previous affiliations of Melanie M. Taylor include World Health Organization & Indian Health Service.
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Syphilis increases HIV viral load and decreases CD4 cell counts in HIV-infected patients with new syphilis infections.
Kate Buchacz,Pragna Patel,Melanie M. Taylor,Peter R. Kerndt,Robert H. Byers,Scott D. Holmberg,Jeffrey D. Klausner +6 more
TL;DR: Syphilis infection was associated with significant increases in the HIV viral load and significant decreases in the CD4 cell count, and the findings underscore the importance of preventing and promptly treating syphilis in HIV-infected individuals.
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Global burden of maternal and congenital syphilis and associated adverse birth outcomes—Estimates for 2016 and progress since 2012
Eline L. Korenromp,Jane Rowley,Monica Alonso,Maeve B Mello,N. Saman Wijesooriya,S. Guy Mahiane,Naoko Ishikawa,Linh Vi Le,Morkor Newman-Owiredu,Nico J. D. Nagelkerke,Lori M. Newman,Mary L. Kamb,Nathalie Broutet,Melanie M. Taylor,Melanie M. Taylor +14 more
TL;DR: Achieving global CS elimination will require improving access to early syphilis screening and treatment in ANC, clinically monitoring all women diagnosed with syphilis and their infants, improving partner management, and reducing syphilis prevalence in the general population by expanding testing, treatment and partner referral beyond ANC.
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Risk Factors for Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infections among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men
Nolan E. Lee,Melanie M. Taylor,Elizabeth Bancroft,Peter Ruane,Margie Morgan,Lucie McCoy,Paul A. Simon +6 more
TL;DR: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections among HIV-positive men who have sex with men were associated with high-risk sex and drug-using behaviors and with environmental exposures but not with immune status.
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Shortages of benzathine penicillin for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis: An evaluation from multi-country surveys and stakeholder interviews.
Stephen Nurse-Findlay,Melanie M. Taylor,Melanie M. Taylor,Margaret Savage,Maeve B Mello,Sanni Saliyou,Manuel Lavayen,Frederic Seghers,Michael L. Campbell,Françoise Birgirimana,Leopold Ouedraogo,Morkor Newman Owiredu,Nancy Kidula,Lee Pyne-Mercier +13 more
TL;DR: An evaluation was undertaken to quantify countries that have experienced shortages of Benzathine penicillin G in the past 2 years and to describe factors contributing to these shortages.
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Detection of Acute HIV Infections in High-Risk Patients in California
Pragna Patel,Jeffrey D. Klausner,Oliver Bacon,Sally Liska,Melanie M. Taylor,Anthony Gonzalez,Robert P. Kohn,William Wong,Sydney M. Harvey,Peter R. Kerndt,Scott D. Holmberg +10 more
TL;DR: In this study, the addition of HIV RNA screening to routine HIV antibody testing in STD clinics identified a substantial increased proportion of HIV-infected persons at high risk for further HIV transmission, who would have been missed by routine HIV counseling and testing protocols.