| hiv/aids risk behaviors and correlates of injection drug use among drug users in pakistan. | we studied prevalence and correlates of injection drug use, awareness of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (hiv/aids), and risky behaviors among drug users serviced by a nongovernmental organization catering to drug users in three pakistani cities (quetta, peshawar, and rawalpindi). logistic regression analysis was used to identify correlates of injection drug use. of 608 drug users, 99.8% were male; median age was 32 years, and 44% were married. most (79.8%) were p ... | 2003 | 12791807 |
| vaginitis and sexually transmitted infections in a hospital based study. | to determine the frequency of sexually transmitted infections (stis) in immigrant population versus the local population, comparing the symptomatic patients against the asymptomatic women as controls. | 2005 | 16045093 |
| seroprevalences and co-infections of hiv, hepatitis c virus and hepatitis b virus in injecting drug users in quetta, pakistan. | a questionnaire-based survey was administered to a sample of street-recruited injecting drug users. written informed consent was obtained. serological screening and further testing for the three blood-borne infections was performed. fifty (76.9%) consented for serological testing. seroprevalences of hepatitis c virus (hcv), hiv and hepatitis b antigen were 60%, 24% and 6%, respectively. co-infections of hcv/hiv were particularly high (20%). | 2007 | 17326891 |
| herpes simplex virus-2 infection amongst urban male population in pakistan. | to describe the prevalence of herpes simplex virus-2 (hsv-2) infection among males in six major cities of pakistan. | 2010 | 21375195 |