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the prevalence of sexually transmitted disease agents in pregnant women in suva.

routine testing of 440 women (257 fijians, 183 indians) at the first antenatal attendance identified chlamydia trachomatis in 50% of fijians and 38% of indians; the seropositivity rates for syphilis were 14.2% and 1.7% respectively, and the isolation rates for n. gonorrhoeae were 3.1% in fijians and 1.1% in indians.