Sexual risk behaviour in a cohort of HIV-negative and HIV-positive Rwandan women.

ABSTRACT: Here we wanted to assess whether sexual risk behaviour differs dependent by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status by following 100 HIV- and 137 HIV+ women recruited at two university teaching hospitals in Rwanda. Women were tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs; trichomoniasis, syphilis, hepatitis B and C) and for reproductive tract infections (RTIs; candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis (BV)) and were interviewed at baseline and 9 months later. BV was the most prevalent infection, while syphilis was the most common STI with a 9-month incidence of 10.9% in HIV+ women. Only 24.5% of women positive for any RTI/STI contacted their health facility and got treatment. More HIV- women than HIV+ women had had more than one sexual partner and never used condoms during the follow-up period

SUBMITTER: Mukanyangezi MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6518557 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature