Publications

an epidemiologic study of carcinoma in situ and squamous dysplasia of the uterine cervix.		1973	4544435
prevalence of six sexually transmitted disease agents among pregnant inner-city adolescents and pregnancy outcome.	115 pregnant girls aged 13-17 years were investigated during the third trimester for endocervical infection with six sexually transmissible microorganisms. specimens from 21 patients destroyed the tissue cell monolayers for propagation of chlamydia trachomatis, but 11 were no longer toxic when recultured after freezing or with additional antimicrobial agents; trichomonas vaginalis was present in 76% of the toxic specimens. c trachomatis was recovered from 37% of 105 specimens. t vaginalis was re ...	1984	6146874
use of urine polymerase chain reaction to define the prevalence and clinical presentation of trichomonas vaginalis in men attending an std clinic.	to determine the prevalence and clinical features of trichomonas vaginalis (tv) infection in men.	2003	12690140
prevalence and correlates of chlamydia trachomatis, neisseria gonorrhoeae, trichomonas vaginalis infections, and bacterial vaginosis among a cohort of young injection drug users in baltimore, maryland.	injection drug users (idus) consistently demonstrate high-risk behaviors for sexually transmitted infections (stis). this study examines sti prevalence and correlates among young idus.	2005	15976603
effect of sexually transmitted disease (std) coinfections on performance of three commercially available immunosorbent assays used for detection of herpes simplex virus type 2-specific antibody in men attending baltimore, maryland, std clinics.	two hundred seventy-nine serum samples from men attending sexually transmitted disease (std) clinics in baltimore, maryland, were tested for herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2)-specific antibody by three immunosorbent glycoprotein g-2-based assays (the kalon, focus, and biokit assays). the results for all samples with positive results were confirmed by western blotting (91/279; 32.6% hsv-2 seroprevalence). all patients were also tested for chlamydia trachomatis, neisseria gonorrhoeae, trichomona ...	2007	17913866