Publications

prevalence of and risk factors for sexually-transmitted infections in hidden female sex workers.	we wanted to determine the age-specific prevalence of selected sexually transmitted infections while assessing the risk factors among hidden female sex workers (hfsw).	2009	19269760
coexistence of urogenital schistosomiasis and sexually transmitted infection in women and men living in an area where schistosoma haematobium is endemic.	in settings in which adequate laboratory service is lacking, the coexistence of urogenital schistosomiasis and sexually transmitted infections (stis) poses a diagnostic challenge for health care providers in the management of patients with urogenital complaints.	2008	18680415
sexually transmitted infections in rural madagascar at an early stage of the hiv epidemic: a 6-month community-based follow-up study.	sexually transmitted infections (stis) in madagascar have primarily been monitored in selected groups of patients attending sti clinics in major cities as part of the hiv surveillance program in madagascar.	2005	15729151
clinical findings in female genital schistosomiasis in madagascar.	to assess the morbidity of s. haematobium infection in women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in the western part of madagascar, the village of betalatala with a prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis in women of 75.6% (95% confidence limit 69.3 to 81.9%) was compared with a neighbouring village with similar socio-economic characteristics and a prevalence of 5.0% (95% confidence limit 0 to 11.75%). the women were questioned in malagasy about obstetrical history and urogynecological symptoms. the ...	1998	9623935
[cyto-microbiologic study of cervico-vaginal specimens, associated with a serologic study to detect sexually transmissible diseases in madagascan prostitutes].	a microbiological survey of cervical and vaginal smears associated with a serological survey of sexual diseases was carried out on 298 prostitutes at the four principal malagasy sea ports. this survey leads us to these conclusions: the great frequency of specific inflammations (72.1%) with trichomonas vaginalis in the first place (39.2%). the serological tests proved a high rate of positive treponemical serologies (25.2%), whose the half of the cases are evolutive forms. nevertheless prevalence ...	1988	3242427