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Prevalences of sexually transmitted infections in young adults and female sex workers in Peru: A national population-based survey

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dc.contributor.author Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio
dc.contributor.author Campos, P.E.
dc.contributor.author Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet
dc.contributor.author Hughes, J.P.
dc.contributor.author Garnett, G.P.
dc.contributor.author Holmes, K.K.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T19:26:49Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T19:26:49Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10904
dc.description.abstract Background: We assessed prevalences of seven sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Peru, stratified by risk behaviours, to help to define care and prevention priorities. Methods: In a 2002 household-based survey of the general population, we enrolled randomly selected 18-29-year-old residents of 24 cities with populations greater than 50 000 people. We then surveyed female sex workers (FSWs) in these cities. We gathered data for sexual behaviour; vaginal specimens or urine for nucleic acid amplification tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Trichomonas vaginalis; and blood for serological tests for syphilis, HIV, and (in subsamples) herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV2) and human T-lymphotropic virus. This study is a registered component of the PREVEN trial, number ISRCTN43722548. Findings: 15 261 individuals from the general population and 4485 FSWs agreed to participate in our survey. Overall prevalence of infection with HSV2, weighted for city size, was 13·5% in men, 13·6% in women, and 60·6% in FSWs (all values in FSWs standardised to age composition of women in the general population). The prevalence of C trachomatis infection was 4·2% in men, 6·5% in women, and 16·4% in FSWs; of T vaginalis infection was 0·3% in men, 4·9% in women, and 7·9% in FSWs; and of syphilis was 0·5% in men, 0·4% in women, and 0·8% in FSWs. N gonorrhoeae infection had a prevalence of 0·1% in men and women, and of 1·6% in FSWs. Prevalence of HIV infection was 0·5% in men and FSWs, and 0·1% in women. Four (0·3%) of 1535 specimens were positive for human T-lymphotropic virus 1. In men, 65·0% of infections with HIV, 71·5% of N gonorrhoeae, and 41·4% of HSV2 and 60·9% of cases of syphilis were in the 13·3% who had sex with men or unprotected sex with FSWs in the past year. In women from the general population, 66·7% of infections with HIV and 16·7% of cases of syphilis were accounted for by the 4·4% who had been paid for sex by any of their past three partners. Interpretation: Defining of high-risk groups could guide targeting of interventions for communicable diseases-including STIs-in the general Peruvian population. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Lancet. Infectious Diseases
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject Young |Major Clinical Study en_US
dc.subject Prevalence en_US
dc.subject HIV Infections en_US
dc.subject Prevalence en_US
dc.subject Questionnaires en_US
dc.subject Sexual Behavior en_US
dc.subject Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection en_US
dc.subject Prostitution en_US
dc.subject Sexually Transmitted Disease en_US
dc.subject Unsafe Sex en_US
dc.subject Prostitution en_US
dc.subject Syphilis en_US
dc.subject Urban Population en_US
dc.subject HTLV-I Infections en_US
dc.subject Health Surveys en_US
dc.subject Chlamydiasis en_US
dc.subject Gonorrhea en_US
dc.subject Antibodies Viral en_US
dc.subject Female Sex Worker en_US
dc.subject Trichomonas Vaginalis en_US
dc.subject Herpes Simplex en_US
dc.subject Neisseria Gonorrhoeae en_US
dc.subject Trichomoniasis en_US
dc.subject Chlamydia Infections en_US
dc.subject Chlamydia Trachomatis en_US
dc.subject Trichomonas Vaginitis en_US
dc.subject Herpesvirus 2 |Vagina en_US
dc.title Prevalences of sexually transmitted infections in young adults and female sex workers in Peru: A national population-based survey en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70144-5
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08
dc.relation.issn 1474-4457


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