A Retrospective Review of Medical Records of Laboratory-Tested Sexually Transmitted Infections of Transsexual Men from Southern Brazil.
| Autor: | Fontanari, Anna Martha Vaitses, Vianna, Luciana Lemos, Schneider, Maiko, Soll, Bianca Machado Borba, Schwarz, Karine, da Silva, Dhiordan Cardoso, Real, André Gonzales, Costa, Angelo Brandelli, Lobato, Maria Inês Rodrigues |
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SEXUALLY transmitted diseases
TRANS men MEDICAL records TRANSSEXUALISM TRANSGENDER people GENDER dysphoria EPIDEMIOLOGY of sexually transmitted diseases RESEARCH RESEARCH methodology RETROSPECTIVE studies EVALUATION research MEDICAL cooperation COMPARATIVE studies DISEASE prevalence QUESTIONNAIRES RESEARCH funding |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Sexual Behavior; Jul2019, Vol. 48 Issue 5, p1573-1579, 7p, 2 Charts |
| Abstrakt: | The present study assessed the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 90 transsexual men (female-to-male transsexual persons) from southern Brazil. A retrospective review of the medical records of all transsexual men who visited an outpatient clinic in Rio Grande do Sul from 1998 to 2017 was performed. Although the sample had a high prevalence of risk factors for contracting STIs, such as drug use, one-third of the participants had never been tested for STIs and, when screened, it was mostly for HIV, but not for syphilis or other STIs. Based only on laboratory-tested transsexual men, the prevalence of syphilis and hepatitis C was 3.4% and 1.6%, respectively, which is higher than the general population. It is clear that health professionals need to broaden their understanding of transsexual men, acknowledging STIs as a possible diagnosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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