| prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases and human immunodeficiency virus among women attending prenatal services in apia, samoa. | there is no routine prenatal screening for sexually transmitted diseases (stds) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in pregnancy in samoa. testing for chlamydial infection is not available. to gather information on pregnant women, a prevalence survey was conducted in apia, samoa, utilizing two prenatal hospital clinics. pregnant (n=427) women were tested for neisseria gonorrhoeae, chlamydia trachomatis and trichomonas vaginalis using polymerase chain reaction (pcr), and for syphilis (n=441) b ... | 2004 | 15006074 |