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ArticleSexually transmitted infections2014

Association between Mycoplasma genitalium infection and HIV acquisition among female sex workers in Uganda: evidence from a nested case-control study.

Judith Vandepitte, Helen A Weiss, Justine Bukenya, Nassim Kyakuwa, Etienne Muller, Anne Buvé, Patrick Van der Stuyft, Richard J Hayes, Heiner Grosskurth

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Article in Sexually transmitted infections, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Judith VandepitteMRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.
Helen A WeissMRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Justine BukenyaMRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.
Nassim KyakuwaMRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.
Etienne MullerCentre for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Anne BuvéPrince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Patrick Van der StuyftPrince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Richard J HayesMRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Heiner GrosskurthMRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUganda Virus Research Institute · UGGhent University Hospital · BEInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BENational Health Laboratory Service · ZA

Funding

Medical Research Council G0700837Medical Research Council MR/K012126/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesCross-sectional studies have shown a strong association between Mycoplasma genitalium and HIV infections. We previously reported that in a cohort of female sex workers in Uganda, M genitalium infection at baseline was associated with HIV seroconversion. Here we examine the temporal association between the M genitalium infection status shortly before HIV seroconversion and HIV acquisition.

methodsA nested case-control study was conducted within a cohort of women at high risk for HIV in Kampala. Cases were those of women acquiring HIV within 2 years of enrolment. For each of the 42 cases, 3 controls were selected from women HIV negative at the visit when the corresponding case first tested HIV seropositive. The association between HIV acquisition and M genitalium infection immediately prior to HIV testing was analysed using conditional logistic regression.

resultsThere was weak evidence of an association between M genitalium infection and HIV acquisition overall (crude OR=1.57; 95% CI 0.67 to 3.72, aOR=2.28: 95% CI 0.81 to 6.47). However, time of M genitalium testing affected the association (p value for effect-modification=0.004). For 29 case-control sets with endocervical samples tested 3 months prior to the first HIV-positive result, M genitalium infection increased the risk of HIV acquisition (crude OR=3.09; 95% CI 1.06 to 9.05, aOR=7.19; 95% CI 1.68 to 30.77), whereas there was little evidence of an association among the 13 case-control sets with samples tested at an earlier visit (crude OR=0.30: 95% CI 0.04 to 2.51; aOR=0.34; 95% CI 0.02 to 5.94).

conclusionsOur study showed evidence of a temporal relationship between M genitalium infection and HIV acquisition that suggests that M genitalium infection may be a co-factor in the acquisition of HIV infection.

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Mycoplasma genitaliumAdolescentAdultCase-Control StudiesFemaleHIV InfectionsHIV SeropositivityHumansMycoplasma InfectionsRisk FactorsSex WorkersTime FactorsUgandaYoung AdultAFRICAEPIDEMIOLOGY (CLINICAL)GENITAL TRACT INFECTHIV WOMENM GENITALIUM

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PMID24687129
PMCPMC4215342
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