dc.contributor.author | D'Costa, LJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Plummer, FA | |
dc.contributor.author | Bowmer, I | |
dc.contributor.author | Fransen, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Piot, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Ronald, AR | |
dc.contributor.author | Nsanze, H | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-11T08:04:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-11T08:04:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1985-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sex Transm Dis. 1985 Apr-Jun;12(2):64-7. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4002094 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31201 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi, | en |
dc.title | Prostitutes are a major reservoir of sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya. | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.publisher | Department of Medicine | en |