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Stefan Baral
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 501
Citations - 21403
Stefan Baral is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Men who have sex with men & Population. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 419 publications receiving 16225 citations. Previous affiliations of Stefan Baral include University of Toronto & Karolinska Institutet.
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Global epidemiology of HIV infection in men who have sex with men
Chris Beyrer,Stefan Baral,Frits van Griensven,Steven M. Goodreau,Suwat Chariyalertsak,Andrea L. Wirtz,Ron Brookmeyer +6 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the high probability of transmission per act through receptive anal intercourse has a central role in explaining the disproportionate disease burden in MSM and prevention strategies that lower biological transmission and acquisition risks offer promise.
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Worldwide burden of HIV in transgender women: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Stefan Baral,Stefan Baral,Tonia Poteat,Susanne Strömdahl,Susanne Strömdahl,Andrea L. Wirtz,Thomas E. Guadamuz,Chris Beyrer +7 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that transgender women are a very high burden population for HIV and are in urgent need of prevention, treatment, and care services.
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Burden of HIV among female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Stefan Baral,Chris Beyrer,Kathryn E. Muessig,Tonia Poteat,Andrea L. Wirtz,Michele R. Decker,Susan G. Sherman,Deanna Kerrigan +7 more
TL;DR: Although data characterising HIV risk among female sex workers is scarce, the burden of disease is disproportionately high and suggests an urgent need to scale up access to quality HIV prevention programmes.
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Global health burden and needs of transgender populations: a review
Sari L. Reisner,Sari L. Reisner,Sari L. Reisner,Tonia Poteat,JoAnne Keatley,Mauro Cabral,Tampose Mothopeng,Emilia E. Dunham,Emilia E. Dunham,Claire E. Holland,Ryan Max,Stefan Baral +11 more
TL;DR: There are sufficient data highlighting the unique biological, behavioural, social, and structural contextual factors surrounding health risks and resiliencies for transgender people, and the need to explicitly consider sex and gender pathways in epidemiological research and public health surveillance more broadly.
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Assessing differential impacts of COVID-19 on black communities.
Gregorio A. Millett,Austin Jones,David Benkeser,Stefan Baral,Laina D. Mercer,Chris Beyrer,Brian Honermann,Elise Lankiewicz,Leandro Mena,Jeffrey S. Crowley,Jennifer Sherwood,Patrick S. Sullivan +11 more
TL;DR: Counties with higher proportions of black people have higher prevalence of comorbidities and greater air pollution, and social conditions, structural racism, and other factors elevate risk for COVID-19 diagnoses and deaths in black communities.