User:Ryanderson3/sandbox

Drafting and What Needs Editing
Timeline of HIV/AIDS: Medical citations needed throughout the article. Does not include anything from 2017/2018, investigate if there is new information that could be added.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1413931 (medical citation for "fundamentally cured" child (2013)

http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1003211 (French study about combination viral treatment (2013)

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099%2815%2900536-8/fulltext (Study of viral resistance, 2000 patients) Prevention of HIV/AIDS- The article is missing more information on foliow up care, mother to child, vaccinations and gene therapy, and quality of prevention. The journals I found, which contain some of the latest info, should be helpful in finding more information on these topics.

Epidemiology of syphilis- The article itself needs to be expanded. I found several sites, including several CDC resources who should have more information on syphilis especially in the U.S.

Choosing Possible Topics
Timeline of HIV/AIDS

There are a lot of missing citations within this article and some citations that point to new sources and not scientific data. I would also like to elaborate on recent studies involving virus resistance and the possibility of a vaccine for HIV/AIDS moving forward.

Prevention of HIV/AIDS

Several of the sections within the article look like they could be expanded, particularly those focusing on vaccinations, gene therapy, and the quality of prevention. I want to explore recent literature to see if these sections can be expanded using recent scientific studies. I believe they can.

Epidemiology of syphilis

This entire article can be expanded. I appreciate the article's focus on the reemergence of syphilis in the last 30 years or so, however, there is not a section dedicated to the continent which has the most deaths and cases, Africa. I want to find that information and create a subsection for Africa.

Risky sexual behavior

This article really bothers me, actually. There is not enough evidence presented for several of the activities they list as risky. Sections on epidemiology of risky sexual behavior and prevention techniques can be expanded on and updated.

Safe sex

This particularly article has a banner citing additional citations for verification. And it has remained that way since November, 2013. I would like to explore to see what citations are necessary, where the article is getting the information, and what I can find to expand the article, particularly in the areas of anal sex, non-penetrative sex, and pre-exposure prophylaxis.

Article Evaluation: pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
Everything in the article is relevant to the topic at hand. The article explains what PrEP is, who it is being prescribed for, research on the drug combination and other factors surrounding the use of PrEP around the world.

The article remains neutral by including the multiple viewpoints around the use of PrEP around the world. The article explains, with citations, that some are opposed to the widespread adoption of PrEP because it could enable dangerous sexual behaviors. The article, in the same section, entitled, "Politics and Culture", explains organizations around the United States, particularly who are for and moving forward to try to achieve a widespread use of PrEP. The viewpoints are balanced and include several different perspectives, however, it does seem to focus on those using PrEP for men who have sex with men, and could include more information around the use of the drug amongst other sex partner combinations and IV drug users to prevent HIV/AIDS.

The several links I clicked on worked and came from reputable scientific sources including the CDC, several scientific journals, particularly those focusing on infectious diseases, and several departments of public health, including those in San Francisco and New York.

The talk section featured several different discussions about what the page should be used for to get to the page we have today. They decided, probably with other users to separate other types of prophylaxis, like those used in malaria cases and dentistry into their own pages and keep this one about PrEP use in HIV/AIDS prevention. It was edited by a medical student as part of a Wikipedia project in a medical school. They made significant contributions to the page. I could not find a rating for the article.