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Low prevalence of HIV and other selected sexually transmitted infections in 2004 in pregnant women from Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Source :
- Epidemiology and Infection. 136:1290-1296
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2007.
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Abstract
- SUMMARYThis study examined the prevalence of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in pregnant women in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Between April and July 2004, antenatal attendees at two of the largest maternity clinics in Kinshasa were tested to identify HIV status, syphilis, Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG). HIV seroprevalence was 1·9% in 2082 women. With PCR techniques, CT and NG infections were also uncommon in the first 529 women (1·7% and 0·4%, respectively). No active syphilis infection case was identified by Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay (TPHA) and rapid plasma reagin test (RPR). A woman's risk of HIV infection was significantly associated with her reporting a male partner having had other female sexual partners (OR 2·7, 95% CI 1·2–6·2). The continuing low seroprevalence of HIV in pregnant women from Kinshasa was confirmed. Understanding factors associated with this phenomenon could help prevent a future HIV epidemic in low HIV transmission areas in Africa.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Sexually transmitted disease
medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiology
Population
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
HIV Infections
urologic and male genital diseases
medicine.disease_cause
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rapid plasma reagin
Gonorrhea
Pregnancy
Risk Factors
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Seroprevalence
Syphilis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
education
education.field_of_study
Chlamydia
medicine.diagnostic_test
Obstetrics
Transmission (medicine)
business.industry
Chlamydia Infections
medicine.disease
Original Papers
Virology
Logistic Models
Infectious Diseases
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Female
Chlamydia trachomatis
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14694409 and 09502688
- Volume :
- 136
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Epidemiology and Infection
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0733e59005f5c79ebba23af9a68aa52e