| smoking and infectious agents and risk of in situ cervical cancer in sydney, australia. | in a study of 116 in situ cervical cancer patients and 193 matched community controls in sydney, australia, smoking was found to be a major risk factor. current smokers had a adjusted relative risk [rr] of 4.5 compared to nonsmokers [95% confidence interval (ci) 2.2-9.1] and exsmokers a rr of 1.3 [95% ci 0.6-3.0]. there was a stepwise dose-response relationship between risk and number of cigarettes smoked (30+ cigarettes/day, rr = 5.1, 95% ci 1.5-17.3); this dose-response relationship was more m ... | 1989 | 2547521 |
| herpes simplex virus infections in the neonate. | to review the experience of the camperdown children's hospital with neonatal herpes simplex viral (hsv) infections between 1960 and 1992. | 1995 | 7576893 |
| male circumcision and common sexually transmissible diseases in a developed nation setting. | to determine whether the circumcision status of men affected their likelihood of acquiring sexually transmissible diseases (stds). | 1994 | 8001942 |
| herpes simplex virus type 2 antibody in patients attending antenatal or std clinics. | to determine the prevalence of antibody to herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2) in patients attending a general public antenatal clinic and three public sexually transmitted disease (std) clinics in sydney. | 1993 | 8387628 |
| neonatal herpes prevention: a minor public health problem in some communities. | neonatal herpes is a condition with high morbidity and mortality. the greatest risk occurs when the mother acquires herpes simplex virus (hsv) towards the end of pregnancy. a study from seattle has suggested that the risk of acquisition of hsv during pregnancy was 3.7%. in australia, hsv-2 infection is less common in pregnant women than in the united states. consequently we conducted a study to establish hsv seroprevalence and the rate of hsv seroconversion in this population. | 2000 | 11026885 |
| herpes simplex virus type 2 in prisoners, new south wales, australia. | our objectives were to determine the prevalence of, and risk factors for, herpes simplex virus type 2 (hsv-2) antibodies in male and female prisoners. a cross-sectional random sample was used consisting of 789 prisoners (657 males and 132 females) from 27 correctional centres across new south wales (nsw), stratified by sex, age and aboriginality. participants were questioned about demographics and behavioural risk factors and were screened for serum antibody to hsv-2. the overall prevalence of h ... | 2000 | 11089789 |
| sexual behaviour and social class in australian women. | sexual behaviour is determined by social, cultural and personal factors. sexual behaviour studies have been conducted in many countries. however, information from australia is limited. this study was conducted in obstetrics department, westmead hospital, sydney. questionnaire-derived demographic and behavioural characteristics for public and private patients were compared using bivariate and logistic regression analyses. of the patients, 3036 were public, and 595 private. on bivariate analysis s ... | 2003 | 12803943 |
| increase in rates of herpes simplex virus type 1 as a cause of anogenital herpes in western sydney, australia, between 1979 and 2003. | recent studies suggest that herpes simplex virus type 1 (hsv-1) is becoming more common as a cause for genital herpes, relative to hsv-2. we aimed to calculate trends in hsv type from isolates and serology samples sent to a reference virology laboratory in new south wales (nsw), australia. | 2006 | 16731681 |
| multiplex pcr testing detection of higher-than-expected rates of cervical mycoplasma, ureaplasma, and trichomonas and viral agent infections in sexually active australian women. | knowing the prevalence of potential etiologic agents of nongonococcal and nonchlamydial cervicitis is important for improving the efficacy of empirical treatments for this commonly encountered condition. we describe four multiplex pcrs (mpcrs), designated vdl05, vdl06, vdl07, and vdl09, which facilitate the detection of a wide range of agents either known to be or putatively associated with cervicitis, including cytomegalovirus (cmv), enterovirus (ev), epstein-barr virus (ebv), varicella-zoster ... | 2009 | 19261782 |
| simultaneous identification of 14 genital microorganisms in urine by use of a multiplex pcr-based reverse line blot assay. | the aim of this study was to develop and evaluate a sensitive method for the simultaneous identification of 14 urogenital potential pathogens. a multiplex pcr-based reverse line blot (mpcr/rlb) assay was developed to detect 14 urogenital pathogens or putative pathogens, namely trichomonas vaginalis, streptococcus pneumoniae, neisseria gonorrhoeae, chlamydia trachomatis, ureaplasma parvum, u. urealyticum, gardnerella vaginalis, haemophilus influenzae, herpes simplex virus type 1 (hsv1) and hsv2, ... | 2009 | 19357202 |
| circumcision and risk of sexually transmissible infections in a community-based cohort of hiv-negative homosexual men in sydney, australia. | circumcision status was examined as an independent risk factor for sexually transmissible infections (stis) in the health in men cohort of homosexual men in sydney. | 2009 | 19911990 |
| seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 among the indigenous population of cape york, far north queensland, australia. | the objective of this study was to obtain representative seroprevalence data for the indigenous population of far north queensland by measuring the age- and sex-specific seroprevalence of the herpes simplex viruses (hsv-1 and hsv-2) in cape york. | 2010 | 21062586 |
| age-specific prevalence of herpes simplex viruses in melbourne. | to characterise the epidemiology of anogenital herpes in melbourne by detailing the age-specific prevalence of herpes simplex virus (hsv) 1 and hsv 2. | 2011 | 21240068 |