Publications
| sexually transmitted diseases in men in mogadishu, somalia. | the prevalence of viral and bacterial sexually transmitted diseases were studied in 101 men attending a dermatovenereal outpatient clinic in mogadishu. a control group of 103 healthy adult men were included for the serological part of the study. serological markers of hepatitis b virus (hbv), human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), cytomegalovirus (cmv) and herpes simplex virus (hsv) were studied. all sera were tested for syphilis markers. hbv serum markers were detected in 84% of the men in the stu ... | 1990 | 1965490 |
| prevalence of serum antibodies against bloodborne and sexually transmitted agents in selected groups in somalia. | somalia has suffered from a civil war during the last 10 years. in this period the use of whole blood has increased at least twofold in mogadishu, somalia compared with pre-war. screening possibilities are limited. recent data concerning the prevalence of infections with blood-borne and sexually transmitted agents are not available from this country. to investigate the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv-1/2) and other blood-borne or sexually transmitted agents we tested a total of 256 s ... | 2000 | 10722141 |