| epidemiology and aetiology of cancer of the uterine cervix including the detection of carcinogenic n-nitrosamines in the human vaginal vault. | cancer of the uterine cervix occurs with high frequency in black females of several populations of southern africa. it accounts for 40-50% of all cancers in black females in the johannesburg area and for over 40% of those in women in the rural lowveld area of the transvaal. the aetiology of this cancer has several distinct features, almost all of which concern some or other aspect of coitus. age at first coitus and at first marriage, and promiscuity, are very strongly associated with the develop ... | 1975 | 1080296 |
| the association of gonorrhoea and syphilis with premature birth and low birthweight. | provide evidence from prospective data that neisseria gonorrhoeae may be an important cause of premature delivery and low birth weight in areas with high prevalence of genital infections. | 1993 | 8509101 |
| rapid antigen tests for neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachomatis are not accurate for screening women with disturbed vaginal lactobacillary flora. | we studied the accuracy of the rapid antigen detection tests gonozyme and chlamydiazyme in high-risk women in an outpatient prenatal clinic, kalafong university hospital, pretoria, south africa. women (n = 433) presenting with uneventful pregnancy (n = 324), unavoidable miscarriage (n = 41) or infertility of 1 year's duration (n = 68) had a pap smear for lactobacillary grading and detection of pathogens like candida albicans or trichomonas vaginalis, a swab for culture of neisseria gonorrhoeae, ... | 1996 | 9060056 |
| sexually transmitted infections among sex workers in kwazulu-natal, south africa. | the purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections, including human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), among female sex workers operating at truckstops in the kwazulu-natal midlands of south africa. | 1998 | 9713913 |
| the detection of urethritis pathogens among patients with the male urethritis syndrome, genital ulcer syndrome and hiv voluntary counselling and testing clients: should south africa's syndromic management approach be revised? | to determine the prevalence of urethritis pathogens amongst male symptomatic urethritis (mus) patients, genital ulcer (gus) patients without urethritis symptoms and men requesting hiv testing at a voluntary counselling and testing (vct) clinic. | 2008 | 18192290 |
| etiology and sti/hiv coinfections among patients with urethral and vaginal discharge syndromes in south africa. | this study was undertaken to establish the etiology of the male urethral discharge (muds) and vaginal discharge (vds) syndromes, to determine the prevalence of other sexually transmitted infections (sti) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) coinfections, and to examine associations between stis and hiv serostatus among sti patients in south africa. | 2010 | 20502394 |
| risk of having a sexually transmitted infection in women presenting at a termination of pregnancy clinic in pretoria, south africa. | this study was undertaken to assess the risk of being infected with a known sexually transmitted pathogen at the time of presentation for termination of pregnancy. endocervical and vaginal swabs were collected for the diagnosis of neisseria gonorrhoeae, chlamydia trachomatis and trichomonas vaginalis. single infections were found in 21.5% of the women, with c. trachomatis being the commonest (10.0%). mixed infections were found in nine women, with trichomoniasis and chlamydial infections in six. ... | 2010 | 20604651 |