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Case-control study of sexually transmitted diseases as cofactors for HIV-1 transmission
- Source :
- International Journal of STD & AIDS. 7:34-38
- Publication Year :
- 1996
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 1996.
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Abstract
- The aim of the study was to investigate the association between infection with HIV-1 infection and a history of other sexually transmitted diseases (STD). We were able to match 1295 HIV-1 infected patients who attended St Mary's Hospital between 1985 and 1991 with 1273 seronegative controls on gender, sexual orientation, injecting drug use and age at time of test. The cases were 3 times more likely to have a history of ever having had another STD than the controls: multivariate conditional logistic regression showed that, after controlling for sexual behaviour, for known sexual contact with an HIV infected individual or AIDS patient or with a resident from a high HIV prevalence area, area of residence and for year of test, a history of gonorrhoea, syphilis, hepatitis B, genital herpes or genital warts were all significantly associated with HIV-1 seropositive status. These findings reinforce the need for HIV containment strategies to be promoted in conjunction with containment programmes for other STDs.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Sexually transmitted disease
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
HIV Infections
Comorbidity
Dermatology
Genital warts
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Residence Characteristics
Risk Factors
HIV Seronegativity
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
Risk factor
Substance Abuse, Intravenous
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
virus diseases
Homosexuality
Hepatitis B
medicine.disease
Logistic Models
Infectious Diseases
England
Case-Control Studies
Immunology
HIV-1
Sexual orientation
Bisexuality
Female
Syphilis
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17581052 and 09564624
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of STD & AIDS
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....32c71ce3d36ab58c7cfcbf98b9679f0e