[Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in registered prostitutes in the city of Durango, Mexico].

Autor: Alvarado-Esquivel C; Instituto de Investigación Científica, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, México. iicujed@gauss.logicnet.com.mx, García-Villanueva A, Castruita-Limones DE, Cardosa-Nevárez FJ, Ruiz-Astorga R
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Salud publica de Mexico [Salud Publica Mex] 2000 Jan-Feb; Vol. 42 (1), pp. 43-7.
Abstrakt: Objective: To determine the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among registered prostitutes of Durango City and to establish whether there is a correlation between epidemiological factors and infection.
Material and Methods: Two-hundred-and-forty-seven registered prostitutes of Durango city were studied. Endocervical samples and epidemiological data were obtained. C.trachomatis antigen was detected with the Chlamydiazyme test (Abbott Laboratories, USA.)
Results: Forty-one (16.6%) out of 247 prostitutes were positive to C. trachomatis. Thirty-seven out of the 41 positive women had had sexual activity on several States of Mexico (95.1%), as compared to only 109 out of 206 negative women (53.0%) (p < .0001). Prostitutes positive to C. trachomatis (39/41, 95.1%) were more likely to belong to low socioeconomic level than negatives (171/206, 83%) (p = 0.05).
Conclusions: The prevalence of C. trachomatis infection was 16.6%. C. trachomatis infection was associated with sexual activity in multiple States of Mexico, and had a tendency to be associated with low socioeconomic level.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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