sexually transmitted infections (STI)
Prevalence and risk factors of three curable sexually transmitted infections among women in Nairobi, Kenya
... Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major public health problem, especially in developing coun- tries. The complications of untreated STIs in the female genital tract and their ...
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STI initiative: Improving testing for sexually transmitted infections in women
... Canadian urgent care and walk-in medical clinics provide health care for a population that may be poorly covered by traditional health care structures. Despite evidence suggesting that women with urinary complaints ...
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Concurrency of partnerships, consistency with data, and control of sexually transmitted infections
... Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a globally increasing public health ...be transmitted via stable sexual partnerships, one where infection can also be transmitted via casual ...
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Oral manifestations in individuals with sexually transmitted infections: integrative review
... with sexually transmitted ...e Sexually Transmitted Diseases”, in the following databases: US National Library of Medicine (PubMed), Scopus, Web of Science, Literatura Latino- Americana em ...
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Screening for Nonviral Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young Adults
... Prevalence rates of many sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are highest among adolescents. If nonviral STIs are detected early, they can be treated, transmission to others can be eliminated, and ...
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Point of care tests for sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
... Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major global cause of acute illness, infertility, long-term disability and death, presenting significant medical, social, and economic ...gonorrhoeae ...
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Office-Based Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescents
... In the United States, adolescents account for most of the reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs), yet they make up only 25% of all ages reporting sexual activity. 1 Despite recommendations ...
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The management of sexually transmitted infections: a scoping survey in primary care
... for sexually transmitted infections, developed by the Royal College of General Practitioners and British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), was used as the standard 4 for developing the ...
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Vaginal microbiome and sexually transmitted infections: an epidemiologic perspective
... Vaginal bacterial communities are thought to help prevent sexually transmitted infections. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common clinical syndrome in which the protective lactic acid– producing ...
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Impact of sexually transmitted infections on women health
... past infections in male partners and cases of transfusion of blood can play a major role in transmission of STIs ...different sexually transmitted infections on health of women and further ...
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Preventing sexually transmitted infections: back to basics
... Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have plagued humans for millennia and can result in chronic disease, preg- nancy complications, infertility, and even ...these infections as well as ...
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Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Intertile Women
... world Sexually Transmitted Infections rank among the top 5 conditions for which adults seek health care ...age. Sexually Transmitted Infections are second only to maternal ...
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Partner notification in the management of sexually transmitted infections in Nairobi, Kenya
... Partner notification and condom use, preventive indicator seven(1) are components of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) control programme. As a public health strategy, the sex partners of the ...
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Medico-Legal Aspects of Containment of the Spread of Sexually Transmitted Infections
... Sexually transmitted infections are a group of diseases that include syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydial and mycoplasma infections, trichomoniasis, herpes and HPV infections of the genital ...
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The project “D.E.A.Th. by Eros to Thanatos AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases”. A multimedia exhibition as a means of prevention of sexually transmitted infections
... and sexually transmitted infections not totally satisfactory, until ...code transmitted, thus excluding subjects most at risk: young people with problems of social identification and ...
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Sexually transmitted infections in Saudi Arabia
... Other strategies to prevent STIs in SA include health edu- cation, early diagnosis and treatment, contact tracing, and routine screening of blood and organ donors, pregnant women, newborns of infected mothers, prisoners, ...
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Adolescence and sexually transmitted infections: the case in the coastal regions in Madagascar
... Sexually transmitted infections can affect all age groups, but especially between the age of 16 to 18 years. This can be explained by the rapid growth phase from the point of view of the body, also ...
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Sexually transmitted infections after bereavement – a population based cohort study
... Since STIs were mainly retrieved from the Patient Register, not including patient visits to the general prac- titioners, maternity care clinics, and some youth clinics, our definition of STIs was not sensitive. This ...
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Pharmacist-led screening in sexually transmitted infections: current perspectives
... Introduction: Sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening is a crucial initiative that aims to reduce the increasing global prevalence of many common STIs such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and herpes simplex ...
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The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections and neglected tropical diseases in Oceania
... Standard approach to treatment of pregnant women with gonococcal or chlamydial infections in Fiji involves a combination of antibiotics as shown in Table 2 (14). Fiji has implemented syndromic reporting for STIs ...
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