Sexually transmitted disease syndromes in rural South Africa: results from healthy facility surveillance

Article Abstract:

There appears to be room for improvement in controlling sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in rural South Africa. Statistics on STD profiles in Hlabisa, South Africa over a 5-month period have been collected and presented. There were 4,781 STD cases reported during this time period, roughly equally divided between men and women. Women aged 20 to 24 years represented the largest age-specific population seen. Many patients had recently had another STD. Symptoms had lasted a mean of 10 days for men and 18 days for women. The most common signs of disease were genital sores and vaginal or urethral discharge.

Health aspects, Sexually transmitted diseases, Rural population

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The impact of incident and prevalent herpes simplex virus-2 infection on the incidence of HIV-1 infection among commercial sex workers in South Africa

Article Abstract:

The impact of prevalent and incident HSV-2 infection on the incidence of HIV-1 infection in a cohort of female commercial sex workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa is investigated. The incident HSV-2 infection increases the risk of HIV-1 infection, the effect wanes with time since infection and the effect is significantly greater for men than it is for women.

Science & research, South Africa, Research, Risk factors, Herpes simplex virus

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High HIV incidence and prevalence among young women in rural South Africa: developing a cohort for intervention trials

Article Abstract:

About one-fourth of the women living in some rural parts of South Africa may be HIV-positive, according to a study of 2,013 pregnant women who visited a prenatal clinic in Hlabisa in 1997. Twenty-six percent were HIV-positive, and among women between 20 and 24 years old, 34% were HIV-positive.

Statistical Data Included, Women, Diseases

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