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Epidemiology

• Short report: Misconceptions about HIV infection in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo): a case–control study on knowledge, attitudes and practices (21 November, 2014)

  Silvia Carlos, Miguel Ángel Martínez-González, Eduardo Burgueño, Cristina López-del Burgo, Miguel Ruíz-Canela, Adolphe Ndarabu, Léon Tshilolo, Philomène Tshiswaka, Pablo Labarga, Jokin de Irala
• Short report:

  Confirmatory assays are essential when using molecular testing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in low-prevalence settings: insights from the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal-3)

  (15 December, 2014)

  Nigel Field, Soazig Clifton, Sarah Alexander, Catherine A Ison, Gwenda Hughes, Simon Beddows, Clare Tanton, Kate Soldan, Filomeno Coelho da Silva, Catherine H Mercer, Kaye Wellings, Anne M Johnson, Pam Sonnenberg
• Original article: Time trends in ophthalmia neonatorum and dacryocystitis of the newborn in England, 2000–2011: database study (15 December, 2014)

  Aruna Dharmasena, Nick Hall, Raph Goldacre, Michael J Goldacre
• Original article: Risk-taking behaviours and HIV infection among sex workers in Portugal: results from a cross-sectional survey (15 December, 2014)

  Sónia Dias, Ana Gama, Ricardo Fuertes, Luís Mendão, Henrique Barros
• Original article: Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections including HIV in street-connected adolescents in western Kenya (24 February, 2015)

  Susanna E Winston, Amon K Chirchir, Lauryn N Muthoni, David Ayuku, Julius Koech, Winstone Nyandiko, E Jane Carter, Paula Braitstein
• Original article:

  Epidemiology and laboratory characteristics of Trichomonas vaginalis infection in Croatian men with and without urethritis syndrome: a case–control study

  (7 January, 2015)

  Mario Sviben, Emilija Mlinarić Missoni, Tomislav Meštrović, Gordana Vojnović, Gordana Mlinarić Galinović
• Original article: Oral and anal sex are key to sustaining gonorrhoea at endemic levels in MSM populations: a mathematical model (16 January, 2015)

  B Hui, C K Fairley, M Chen, A Grulich, J Hocking, G Prestage, S Walker, M Law, D Regan
• Original article: Ecological analysis examining the association between census tract-level incarceration and reported chlamydia incidence among female adolescents and young adults in San Francisco (21 January, 2015)

  Juliet E Stoltey, Ye Li, Kyle T Bernstein, Susan S Philip
• Original article: Population and dyadic-based seroincidence of herpes simplex virus-2 and syphilis in southern India (20 January, 2015)

  Chad H Hochberg, John A Schneider, Rakhi Dandona, Vemu Lakshmi, G Anil Kumar, Talasila Sudha, Mohammed Akbar, G Md Mushtaq Ahmed, Sri P Ramgopal, Benjamin Armbruster, Michel Alary, Lalit Dandona