| high prevalence of hiv-1, hiv-2 and other sexually transmitted infections among women attending two sexual health clinics in bissau, guinea-bissau, west africa. | the objective was to examine the prevalence of hiv-1, hiv-2 and 10 other sexually transmitted infections (stis), and to explore the relationship between hiv and those stis in women attending two sexual health clinics in bissau, guinea-bissau. in all, 711 women with urogenital problems were included. clinical examination was performed and hiv-1, hiv-2, human t-cell lymphotropic virus (htlv)-1, htlv-2 and syphilis were diagnosed by serology. trichomonas vaginalis was examined using wet mount micro ... | 2010 | 21097735 |
| neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachomatis infections in patients attending std and family planning clinics in bissau, guinea-bissau. | accurate clinical and laboratory data about sexually transmitted diseases (std) prevalence in guinea-bissau are not available. these data are important, since hiv2 is prevalent in this country, rates of hiv1 are increasing and stds facilitate hiv transmission. since dna amplification methods have demonstrated to accurately diagnose chlamydial infections and gonorrhoea, the amplicor ct/ng pcr assay with internal control of amplification (roche diagnostic system, branchburg, nj, usa) was used to e ... | 2001 | 11700184 |