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

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,

SUBMITTER: Carcamo CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3459082 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature