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Wen-Chun Liu
Researcher at National Taiwan University
Publications - 85
Citations - 1505
Wen-Chun Liu is an academic researcher from National Taiwan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Men who have sex with men & Syphilis. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 85 publications receiving 1254 citations.
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Increased risk for Entamoeba histolytica infection and invasive amebiasis in HIV seropositive men who have sex with men in Taiwan.
Chien-Ching Hung,Dar Der Ji,Hsin-Yun Sun,Ya Tien Lee,Shui Yuan Hsu,Sui-Yuan Chang,Cheng Hsin Wu,Yun Hsien Chan,Chin-Fu Hsiao,Wen-Chun Liu,Robert Colebunders,Robert Colebunders +11 more
TL;DR: HIV-infected MSM were at significantly higher risk of amebiasis than patients from other risk groups and only MSM was significantly associated with acquisition of E. histolytica infection, suggesting person-to-person transmission.
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Recent Hepatitis C Virus Infections in HIV-Infected Patients in Taiwan: Incidence and Risk Factors
Hsin-Yun Sun,Sui-Yuan Chang,Zong-Yu Yang,Ching-Lan Lu,Hsiu Wu,Chang-Ching Yeh,Wen-Chun Liu,Chia-Yin Hsieh,Chien-Ching Hung,Shan-Chwen Chang +9 more
TL;DR: The incidence of HCV seroconversion that is associated with recent syphilis is increasing among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan and this also occurs in other Asia-Pacific countries.
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Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction after Penicillin Therapy among Patients with Syphilis in the Era of the HIV Infection Epidemic: Incidence and Risk Factors
Chia-Jui Yang,Nan Yao Lee,Yu-Hui Lin,Hsin-Chun Lee,Wen Chien Ko,Chun-Hsing Liao,Cheng-Hsin Wu,Chia-Ying Hsieh,Pei-Ying Wu,Wen-Chun Liu,Ya-Chu Chang,Chien-Ching Hung +11 more
TL;DR: The incidence of and risk factors for Jarisch-Herxheimer (JH) reaction were investigated prospectively among 240 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and 115 HIV-uninfected patients with syphilis who received penicillin treatment.
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Metabolic syndrome among HIV-infected Taiwanese patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: prevalence and associated factors
Pei-Ying Wu,Chien-Ching Hung,Wen-Chun Liu,Chia-Yin Hsieh,Hsin-Yun Sun,Ching-Lan Lu,Hsiu Wu,Kuo-Liong Chien +7 more
TL;DR: Receipt of HAART and prolonged exposure to PI and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor(s) were associated with metabolic syndrome, and approximately one-fourth of HIV-infected Taiwanese patients developed metabolic syndrome in the HAART era.
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Evaluation of Macrolide Resistance and Enhanced Molecular Typing of Treponema pallidum in Patients with Syphilis in Taiwan: a Prospective Multicenter Study
Hsiu Wu,Sui-Yuan Chang,Nan Yao Lee,Wen-Chi Huang,Bing-Ru Wu,Chia-Jui Yang,Shiou-Haur Liang,Chen-Hsiang Lee,Wen Chien Ko,Hsi-Hsun Lin,Yen-Hsu Chen,Wen-Chun Liu,Yi-Ching Su,Chia-Yin Hsieh,Pei-Ying Wu,Chien-Ching Hung +15 more
TL;DR: It is found that type 14 f/f was the most common T. pallidum strain in this multicenter study on syphilis in Taiwan and that none of the isolates exhibited 23S rRNA mutations causing resistance to macrolides.