TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexually transmitted disease acquisition among women infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1
AU - Bersoff-Matcha, Susan J.
AU - Horgan, Mary M.
AU - Fraser, Victoria J.
AU - Mundy, Linda M.
AU - Stoner, Bradley P.
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 10 November 1997; revised 2 April 1998. Presented in part: Fifth Conference on International Travel Medicine, Geneva, April 1997 (abstract 258). This study was approved by the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Institutional Review Board. Financial support: CDC (contract 200-92-0569); partial salary support (C.A.K. and C.K.) from State of California’s Universitywide AIDS Research Program (CC94-SD-136) through California Collaborative Treatment Group. Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Carol A. Kemper, Division of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 751 S. Bascom Ave., San Jose, CA 95128.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Recent evidence suggests that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) enhance the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)type 1. In 143 HIV-infected women enrolled in a university-based longitudinal HIV clinic over 16 months (mean), the STD point prevalence was examined at enrollment and the cumulative prevalence was calculated at follow-up. At enrollment, 35 women (25%) had ≤1 STD. These included trichomoniasis in 16 women (11%); syphilis, 9 (6%); genital herpes, 8 (6%); gonorrhea, 5 (4%); chlamydia, 5 (4%); genital warts, 2 (1%); and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), 1 (1%). STDs were found in 55 (42%) of the 125 patients who returned for at least one follow-up visit: trichomoniasis in 23 (18%); genital herpes, 20 (12%); gonorrhea, 9 (7%); syphilis, 7 (6%); genital warts, 7 (6%); chlamydia, 5 (4%); and PID, 4 (3%). Despite counseling at both enrollment and follow-up, these women had a very high cumulative prevalence of STDs, indicating persistent high-risk sexual behavior.
AB - Recent evidence suggests that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) enhance the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)type 1. In 143 HIV-infected women enrolled in a university-based longitudinal HIV clinic over 16 months (mean), the STD point prevalence was examined at enrollment and the cumulative prevalence was calculated at follow-up. At enrollment, 35 women (25%) had ≤1 STD. These included trichomoniasis in 16 women (11%); syphilis, 9 (6%); genital herpes, 8 (6%); gonorrhea, 5 (4%); chlamydia, 5 (4%); genital warts, 2 (1%); and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), 1 (1%). STDs were found in 55 (42%) of the 125 patients who returned for at least one follow-up visit: trichomoniasis in 23 (18%); genital herpes, 20 (12%); gonorrhea, 9 (7%); syphilis, 7 (6%); genital warts, 7 (6%); chlamydia, 5 (4%); and PID, 4 (3%). Despite counseling at both enrollment and follow-up, these women had a very high cumulative prevalence of STDs, indicating persistent high-risk sexual behavior.
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U2 - 10.1086/515678
DO - 10.1086/515678
M3 - Article
C2 - 9806054
AN - SCOPUS:0031657722
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 178
SP - 1174
EP - 1177
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 4
ER -