ReviewSexually transmitted infections2005
Sentinel surveillance of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa: a review.
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- Factors in the HIV risk environment associated with bacterial vaginosis among HIV-negative female sex workers who inject drugs in the Mexico-United States border region.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Exploring motivation to notify and barriers to partner notification of sexually transmitted infections in South Africa: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Patterns of prevalent HPV and STI co-infections and associated factors among HIV-negative young Western Cape, South African women: the EVRI trial.Sexually transmitted infections · 2018Trial
- Efficacy of enhanced HIV counseling for risk reduction during pregnancy and in the postpartum period: a randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2014Trial
- Home-based versus clinic-based self-sampling and testing for sexually transmitted infections in Gugulethu, South Africa: randomised controlled trial.Sexually transmitted infections · 2007Trial
- Characterizing sexual violence perpetrated by adolescents in South Africa and associations with HIV and STI risk behaviors.Psychology of violence · 2026Article
- Distribution and resistance patterns of male urethritis pathogens from a private South African laboratory.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- Spatial variations in STIs among women enrolled in HIV prevention clinical trials in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.SAHARA J : journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance · 2023Article
- Differences in Sexual Behavior and Partner Notification for Sexually Transmitted Infections Between the Out of School Youth and University Students in a Peri-Urban District in South Africa-A Cross-Sectional Survey.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Complex Link between the Female Genital Microbiota, Genital Infections, and Inflammation.Infection and immunity · 2021Review
- Risk-based screening to identify reproductive tract infection among HIV-infected women desiring use of intrauterine contraceptives.BMJ sexual & reproductive health · 2021Article
- Population prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in a high HIV burden district in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for HIV epidemic control.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2020Article
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- Prevalence and associated factors of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae among female commercial sex workers in Hawassa City, Southern Ethiopia.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
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- High human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence in South African adolescents and young women encourages expanded HPV vaccination campaigns.PloS one · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo review studies of sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence in South Africa between 1985 and 2003 in selected sentinel populations. To examine how STI prevalence varies between populations and to identify the limitations of the existing data.
methodsStudies of the prevalence of syphilis, chancroid, granuloma inguinale, lymphogranuloma venereum, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis, and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) were considered. Results were included if they related to women attending antenatal clinics or family planning clinics, commercial sex workers, individuals in the general population (household surveys), patients with STIs, patients with genital ulcer disease (GUD), or men with urethritis.
resultsHigh STI prevalence rates have been measured, particularly in the case of HSV-2, trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis and candidiasis. The aetiological profile of GUD appears to be changing, with more GUD caused by HSV-2 and less caused by chancroid. The prevalence of gonorrhoea and syphilis is highest in "high risk" groups such as sex workers and attenders of STI clinics, but chlamydia and trichomoniasis prevalence levels are not significantly higher in these groups than in women attending antenatal clinics.
conclusionsThe prevalence of STIs in South Africa is high, although there is extensive variability between regions. There is a need for STI prevalence data that are more nationally representative and that can be used to monitor prevalence trends more reliably.
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