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Article: Asymptomatic STIs in South African men.(UPDATE)(sexually transmitted infections)(Author abstract)(Report)
- Article from:
- International Family Planning Perspectives
- Article date:
- December 1, 2008
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Asymptomatic STIs are common among men in informal settlements in South Africa's West Rand (part of the Johannesburg metropolitan area), and such infections would not be treated under the syndromic management approach generally used in such resource-poor settings. (1) Among 309 men who participated in a mobile STI screening program conducted around Carletonville in 2006, 90% showed no signs of infection. Of the 301 men screened for urethritis-causing pathogens, 6% had gonorrhea, 9% chlamydia, 14% trichomoniasis and 7% M genitalium infection. There were no significant differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic men in the prevalence of three of the four pathogens; ...