Prostitutes are a major reservoir of sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya.
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1985-06Author
D'Costa, LJ
Plummer, FA
Bowmer, I
Fransen, L
Piot, P
Ronald, AR
Nsanze, H
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Prostitutes are a major reservoir of sexually transmitted diseases in many developing nations. In Nairobi we found that 16%, 28%, and 46%, respectively, of upper-, middle-, and lower-social strata prostitutes were infected with Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Genital ulcers and infections with Haemophilus ducreyi were more prevalent among prostitutes of the middle and lower social strata. A group of 97 prostitutes of the lower social strata were followed longitudinally to determine the rate of reinfection with N. gonorrhoeae. The mean time to acquisition of a new infection was 12.0 +/- 9.2 days. These results show that in Nairobi prostitutes are a readily identifiable group of high-frequency transmitters of gonococcal infection. Strategies based on intervention in the prostitute reservoir could prove to be an effective means of control of gonococcal infections in developing nations.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4002094http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31201
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Sex Transm Dis. 1985 Apr-Jun;12(2):64-7.Publisher
University of Nairobi, Department of Medicine
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10377]