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Long distance truck-drivers: 1. Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

East Afr Med J. 1991 Jun;68(6):425-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92090254
Bwayo JJ; Omari AM; Mutere AN; Jaoko W; Sekkade-Kigondu C; Kreiss J; Plummer FA; Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences,; University of Nairobi.

Abstract: A cross section study was conducted among long distance truck drivers to determine the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A total of 8 drivers and their assistants en route from port of Mombasa to countries in East and Central Africa were enrolled into the study. Blood was taken for HIV and syphilis serology. Discharges from urethra and genital ulcer disease (GUD) were cultured. Seroprevalence for HIV was 18% and 4.6% for syphilis. Fifty percent of Neisseria Gonorrhea cultured were penicillinase producers. Most of the men with urethral discharge and all the GUD were culture negative, probably due to prior treatment. Lack of circumcision, past history of GUD and urethritis were significantly associated with HIV seroconversion.
Keywords: Adolescence Adult Africa, Central/ETHNOLOGY Africa, Eastern/ETHNOLOGY Cross-Sectional Studies Human HIV Seropositivity/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Kenya/EPIDEMIOLOGY Male Middle Age *Occupations Risk Factors Sexually Transmitted Diseases/DIAGNOSIS/ETHNOLOGY/*EPIDEMIOLOGY *Transportation JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadolescenceadultafrica,central/ethnologyafrica,eastern/ethnologycross-sectionalstudieshumanhivseropositivity/diagnosis/KWDepidemiologykenya/epidemiologymalemiddleageKWDoccupationsriskfactorssexuallytransmitteddiseases/diagnosis/ethnology/KWDepidemiologyKWDtransportationjournalarticle
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