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Prithwish De
Researcher at McGill University
Publications - 15
Citations - 740
Prithwish De is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rapid plasma reagin & Syphilis. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 15 publications receiving 684 citations.
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The importance of social networks in their association to drug equipment sharing among injection drug users: a review
TL;DR: Social network characteristics are associated with drug injection risk behaviours and should be considered alongside personal risk behaviours in prevention programmes, according to the scientific evidence.
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Sexual network analysis of a gonorrhoea outbreak
TL;DR: The transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in a localised outbreak in Alberta, Canada, is examined using measures of network centrality to determine the association between risk of infection of network members and their position within the sexual network.
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Primary Syphilis: Serological Treatment Response to Doxycycline/Tetracycline versus Benzathine Penicillin
TL;DR: Doxycycline/tetracycline had a similarly high serological treatment success rate when compared with penicillin in the treatment of primary syphilis, and this difference was not statistically significant.
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Risk of hepatitis C virus transmission through drug preparation equipment: a systematic and methodological review
TL;DR: The major methodological limitations of reviewed studies were short follow‐up times, inadequate control of confounders and lack of exclusion of periods when IDUs were not at risk for HCV infection through drug injection.
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The emergence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB): TB/HIV coinfection, multidrug-resistant TB and the resulting public health threat from extensively drug-resistant TB, globally and in Canada
Paul E. Alexander,Prithwish De +1 more
TL;DR: The present commentary discusses the current status of XDR-TB and draws attention to the urgency in addressing this problem, for both the global and Canadian public health networks.