| 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 |
| low prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (hiv-1), hiv-2, and human t cell lymphotropic virus-1 infection in somalia. | a seroepidemiologic survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1), hiv-2, human t cell lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i), and treponema pallidum infection among southern somalis. sera were collected from 1,269 study subjects in the urban area of the capital city, mogadishu, and in the rural towns of merka, qoryoley, and kismayo. the subjects included 57 prostitutes, 79 sexually transmitted disease (std) patients, and 1,133 others, including outp ... | 1991 | 1763791 |