Mathematical modeling of epidemic syphilis transmission. Implications for syphilis control programs.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Risk factors for bacterial vaginosis (BV) include douching and sexual activity, although the exact cause of BV is unknown. GOAL:The goal of this study was to determine the relative significance of douching as a risk factor for BV. STUDY DESIGN:Two hundred fifty adolescent women who regularly douched were en...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Schwebke JR,Desmond RA,Oh MK

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To reduce the prevalence of curable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in a South African mining community through provision of STD treatment services, including periodic presumptive treatment and prevention education to a core group of high-risk women living in areas around the mines. METHODS:Women at hi...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Steen R,Vuylsteke B,DeCoito T,Ralepeli S,Fehler G,Conley J,Bruckers L,Dallabetta G,Ballard R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nucleic acid amplification tests permit widespread screening for Chlamydia trachomatis. However, the public health benefit of screening may be reduced by high chlamydia incidence and repeat infection rates. GOAL:To study chlamydia incidence and repeat infection among clients of a sexually transmitted diseas...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Rietmeijer CA,Van Bemmelen R,Judson FN,Douglas JM Jr

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-sectional surveys were conducted annually from 2006 to 2011 at a music festival. Eight thousand one hundred sixty-five young people completed surveys. STI testing rates increased over time, but there was an increase in the prevalence of some sexual risk behaviors and little improvement in STI knowledge between 2...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Lim MS,Bowring AL,Gold J,Aitken CK,Hellard ME

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Few studies have demonstrated that bacterial vaginosis (BV) is associated with sexual behavior risk factors similar to those for other sexually transmitted diseases. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of these factors in a multivariate analysis of data from women infec...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Nilsson U,Hellberg D,Shoubnikova M,Nilsson S,Mårdh PA

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and about sexual and reproductive health in Central and Eastern Europe. However, it is clear that major epidemics of STIs currently exist. GOAL:To provide baseline information for the development of national guidelines on the man...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Claeys P,Ismailov R,Rathe S,Jabbarova A,Claeys G,Fonck K,Temmerman M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selected results from a recent study on sexual behavior in the United States are presented, focusing on the association between sexual behavior, disease prevention, and STD outcome. The data are from national household samples of adult men and women. The results show that a sizeable proportion of the U.S. adult popula...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Tanfer K

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate opportunities for earlier human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis within a comprehensive public health care system. STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective review of newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients between September 2001 and December 2003. RESULTS:One hundred twenty of 348 (34%) newly diagnosed H...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Jenkins TC,Gardner EM,Thrun MW,Cohn DL,Burman WJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heretofore most people affected by warts of the oral cavity were children, but during the past decade adults have become the most frequently seen patients with warts in the mouth. The popularity of fellatio among heterosexuals, teenagers, and adults has contributed to the spread of oral warts. Of epidemiologic interes...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Fiumara NJ

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the susceptibility of Trichomonas vaginalis strains to metronidazole on response to treatment was determined from minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for organisms isolated during a clinical trial in which single 1- and 2-g doses of metronidazole were compared. Fifty-seven strains were isolated from...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Ralph ED,Darwish R,Austin TW,Smith EA,Pattison FL

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to recommended laboratory testing practices is crucial for sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention and control. The objective of this paper is to compare Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) testing practices of US clinical laboratories in 2013 prior to the updated 2014...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Davis A,Gaynor A

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae is replacing culture for increased diagnostic sensitivity. Specificity of several nucleic acid amplification tests is suboptimal. Herein, the Gen-Probe APTIMA Combo 2 and APTIMA GC assays had 100% specificity and 100% sensitivity after confirmatory testing, when testing 298 i...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Golparian D,Tabrizi SN,Unemo M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There have been few recent population-based herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) seroprevalence studies in England, but reports from the United States have indicated a 30% rise in HSV-2 seroprevalence between 1976 and 1994. This study aimed to ascertain trends in HSV-2 infection in England between 1991 and 20...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Morris-Cunnington M,Brown D,Pimenta J,Robinson NJ,Miller E

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A prophylactic quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could benefit adult women if they are susceptible to incident genital HPV infections and are acquiring new infections with vaccine HPV types to which they were previously not exposed. This report presents baseline and prospective data from a rand...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Velicer C,Zhu X,Vuocolo S,Liaw KL,Saah A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine levels of experience and knowledge concerning anal dysplasia, anal Pap smear tests, and human papillomavirus (HPV) among gay and other homosexually active men. STUDY DESIGN:Three hundred eighty-four men attending a large gay community event in Melbourne completed ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Pitts MK,Fox C,Willis J,Anderson J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a large health insurance database in Germany, incidence of anogenital warts among 15- to 19-year-old females decreased from 316/100,000 person-years in 2007 to 242 in 2008 (23% reduction, P = 0.0001). The decrease started between the first and second quarter of 2007 (human papillomavirus vaccination was introduced ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Mikolajczyk RT,Kraut AA,Horn J,Schulze-Rath R,Garbe E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In the January-February, 1995 issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Zenilman and colleagues reported a null association between incident sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and self-reported condom use. That anomalous finding generated a flurry of letters to the editor, some of which were q...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Turner CF,Miller HG

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics often serve a population that has low medical care utilization. The objective of this study was to determine the susceptibility of an STD clinic population to vaccine-preventable diseases. STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional study of immunization practices...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Staat MA,Tang YL,Fresia AE,Halsey N,Kacergis J,Zenilman J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and sequencing-based treponeme typing was used to analyze 72 blood samples, collected from human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis co-infected patients during 2014 to 2015 in Antwerp, Belgium. Twenty-nine (40.3%) isolates were polymerase chain reaction positive for Treponem...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Mikalová L,Grillová L,Osbak K,Strouhal M,Kenyon C,Crucitti T,Šmajs D

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth, we found that lifetime number of vaginal sex partners is positively associated with the number of sex partners in the past 12 months and negatively associated with age at first vaginal intercourse among 15- to 44-year-old male and female respondents. ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Haderxhanaj LT,Leichliter JS,Aral SO,Chesson HW

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae exhibiting resistance to ceftriaxone and cefixime, isolated in Portugal in 2019. Whole-genome sequencing was performed for typing and identification of genetic determinants of antimicrobial resistance. Because of its antimicrobial susceptibility profile, awareness ...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Pinto M,Matias R,Rodrigues JC,Duarte S,Vieira L,Gonçalves I,Gonçalves MJ,Ramos MH,Gomes JP,Borrego MJ

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred men who had symptoms of urethritis and 207 controls were interviewed. Because 60% of the men were of foreign nationality, the analysis of risk factors for urethritis was undertaken separately for the French and foreign subpopulations. The risk factors for urethritis were different for the French and foreig...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Pessione F,Dolivo M,Casin I,Morel P,Perol Y,Laporte A,Ducot B,Spira A

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Two of the major diagnostic methods for Trichomonas vaginalis, wet mount and culture, rely on the continued viability of the organism. Methods to increase the viability of T. vaginalis in urine are needed. GOAL:The goal of this study was to develop a method that increases the time of viability of T. vaginal...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Shafir SC,Sorvillo FJ,Upcroft JA,Upcroft P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few men are tested for syphilis or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during their partner's pregnancy, a high-risk period for HIV and syphilis transmission. Offering home-based rapid testing of syphilis to couples during pregnancy can support prevention efforts to reduce transmission of sexually transmitted...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Mark J,Kinuthia J,Roxby AC,Krakowiak D,Osoti A,Richardson BA,Gone MA,Asila V,Parikh S,Farquhar C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV in Vanuatu is poorly defined. GOAL:The goal was to determine the prevalence of laboratory-confirmed gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, syphilis seroreactivity, and HIV among pregnant women in Vila, Vanuatu. STUDY DESIGN:A cross-sectional...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Sullivan EA,Abel M,Tabrizi S,Garland SM,Grice A,Poumerol G,Taleo H,Chen S,Kaun K,O'Leary M,Kaldor J

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sexual behaviors have been linked to seropositivity for human papillomavirus (HPV) but not with the magnitude of the seroreactivity. GOALS:The objective of this analysis was to examine the association of sexual behavior, cervical HPV 16 DNA positivity at enrollment (past) and at diagnosis (current), and oth...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Castle PE,Shields T,Kirnbauer R,Manos MM,Burk RD,Glass AG,Scott DR,Sherman ME,Schiffman M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the scope and yield of targeted syphilis screening in nonmedical settings in 7 US cities affected by recent syphilis outbreaks among men who have sex with men (MSM). METHODS:Data were collected from syphilis screening activities targeting MSM between 1999 and 2004, conducted in bathhouses or othe...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Ciesielski C,Kahn RH,Taylor M,Gallagher K,Prescott LJ,Arrowsmith S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The integration of HPV-16 DNA into the host genome is considered an important event in the progression of premalignant cervical lesions to cervical cancer. The aim of our study was to assess the prevalence of HPV-16 integration in anal cytologic specimens of HIV-1 infected men and its association with risk f...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Cañadas MP,Darwich L,Sirera G,Bofill M,Piñol M,Garcia-Cuyas F,Llatjos M,Corbasi P,Clotet B,Videla S,HIV-HPV Can Ruti Study Group.

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggests that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of the female anogenital tract is multifocal. Less is known of the distribution of HPVs in men. To investigate this, a prospective study was conducted of 116 men consecutively attending a clinic for ablative treatment of anogenital warts. Wart tiss...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Hillman RJ,Botcherby M,Ryait BK,Hanna N,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections have been declared 1 of the top 3 urgent threats to public health. Approaches to combat resistance include targeted therapy with antibiotics previously thought to be ineffective, made possible by rapid molecular assays to predict susceptibility. Previous studies hav...

journal_title：Sexually transmitted diseases

authors： Allan-Blitz LT,Wang X,Klausner JD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00