Prevalence, incidence, and persistence of syphilis infection in female sex workers in a Chinese province
| Autor: | Junjie Xu, Kathleen H. Reilly, Guowei Ding, Kumi Smith, Xia Jin, Guixiang Wang, D. F. Chang, Ning Wang, Haibo Wang, K. S. Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Sexually transmitted disease China medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Epidemiology Cross-sectional study Population medicine.disease_cause Article Medication Adherence Risk Factors Prevalence medicine Humans Syphilis education education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Middle Aged medicine.disease Sex Work Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases Immunology Female Chlamydia trachomatis business Treponematosis Demography |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology and Infection. 139:1401-1409 |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
| Popis: | SUMMARYThe study's objectives were to investigate the prevalence, incidence, persistence, and associated risk factors of syphilis in female sex workers (FSWs) in Kaiyuan City, Yunnan, China. Three serial cross-sectional surveys were conducted and biological specimens were collected and tested for HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and drug use. The logistic Generalized Estimating Equation regression model was used to identify risk factors for prevalent syphilis. The prevalence of syphilis was 7·5%, 8·4% and 8·8%, respectively, in the three survey periods. Estimated syphilis incidence was 1·07 cases/100 person-years, and the persistence of syphilis per person at 6 months was 90·4%. In multivariate analysis, the factors associated with syphilis were age, lower education level, number of clients in a week, inconsistent condom use with clients, herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), and Chlamydia trachomatis. Persistent syphilis in this population of FSWs is a serious public health concern. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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