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Peter A. Leone
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 131
Citations - 5583
Peter A. Leone is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sexually transmitted disease & Population. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 129 publications receiving 5205 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter A. Leone include North Carolina State University & North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
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Recombinant Glycoprotein Vaccine for the Prevention of Genital HSV-2 Infection Two Randomized Controlled Trials
Lawrence Corey,Andria Langenberg,Rhoda Ashley,Rose E. Sekulovich,Allen Izu,John M. Douglas,H. Hunter Handsfield,Terri Warren,Lisa Marr,Stephen K. Tyring,Richard P. DiCarlo,Adaora A. Adimora,Peter A. Leone,Cornelia L. Dekker,Rae Lyn Burke,Wai Ping Leong,Stephen E. Straus,Stephen E. Straus +17 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the efficacy of a vaccine for prevention of genital HSV-2 infection in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial with 2393 individuals.
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Efficacy Results of a Trial of a Herpes Simplex Vaccine
Robert B. Belshe,Peter A. Leone,David I. Bernstein,Anna Wald,Myron J. Levin,Jack T. Stapleton,Jack T. Stapleton,Iris Gorfinkel,Rhoda Ashley Morrow,Marian G. Ewell,Abbie Stokes-Riner,Gary Dubin,Thomas C. Heineman,Joann Schulte,Carolyn Deal +14 more
TL;DR: In a study population that was representative of the general population of HSV-1- and HSv-2-seronegative women, the investigational vaccine was effective in preventing HSV -1 genital disease and infection but not in preventingHSV-2 disease or infection.
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Detection of acute infections during HIV testing in North Carolina.
Christopher D. Pilcher,Susan A. Fiscus,Trang Nguyen,Evelyn Foust,Leslie Wolf,Del Williams,Rhonda M Ashby,Judy Owen O'dowd,J. Todd McPherson,Brandt Stalzer,Lisa B. Hightow,William C. Miller,Joseph J. Eron,Myron S. Cohen,Peter A. Leone +14 more
TL;DR: The addition of nucleic acid amplification testing to an HIV testing algorithm significantly increases the identification of cases of infection without impairing the performance of diagnostic testing.
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Untreated gonococcal and chlamydial infection in a probability sample of adults
Charles F. Turner,Susan M. Rogers,Heather G. Miller,William C. Miller,James N. Gribble,James R. Chromy,Peter A. Leone,Phillip Cooley,Thomas C. Quinn,Jonathan M. Zenilman +9 more
TL;DR: In 1997-1998, the estimated number of undiagnosed gonococcal and chlamydial infections prevalent in the population of Baltimore adults aged 18 to 35 years approached or exceeded the number of infections that were diagnosed and treated annually.
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Barriers to asymptomatic screening and other STD services for adolescents and young adults: focus group discussions
Elizabeth C. Tilson,Victoria Sanchez,Chandra L. Ford,Marlene Smurzynski,Peter A. Leone,Kimberley Fox,Kimberley Fox,Kathleen Irwin,William C. Miller +8 more
TL;DR: Perceived barriers to care included lack of knowledge of STDs and available services, cost, shame associated with seeking services, long clinic waiting times, discrimination, and urethral specimen collection methods.