J Bogaerts
Sexually transmitted infections among married women in Dhaka, Bangladesh: unexpected high prevalence of herpes simplex type 2 infection
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research
bobjectivesb document prevalence reproductive tract infections rti sexually transmitted infections sti among women attending basic healthcare clinic dhaka bangladesh identify risk factors associated diseases estimate incidence syphilis hepatitis c hcv hepatitis b hbv herpes simplex type 2 hsv2 infection bmethodsb cross sectional sample 2335 consecutive women examined 19968 women interviewed risk factors rtisti tested ineisseria gonorrhoeaei ichlamydia trachomatisi itrichomonas vaginalisi itreponema pallidumi hiv hcv hbv hsv1 hsv2 infection well vaginal candidosis bacterial vaginosis women antibodies pallidumi retested regular intervals one year ending study seroconversion syphilis hbv hcv hsv2 infection detected among women initially negative respective diseases bresultsb overall prevalence rate gonorrhoeaei ic trachomatisi vaginalisi pallidumi infection 05 19 20 29 respectively overall 35 women antibodies hepatitis b core antigen 09 hcv 12 hsv2 infection risk factors gonorrhoeaic trachomatisi infection husband living home suspected unfaithful hsv2 infection associated risk factors polygamous marriage prevalence hsv2 infection among women risk 23 hiv infection diagnosed repeated serological examination indicated 32 women serological evidence syphilis active disease seroincidences hbv hcv hsv2 003 0007 0009 per person year seroconversion syphilis observed