| [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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |