Article: When gonorrhea rates rise, can HIV be far behind?

Article: Gonorrhea rates rising among hardest-hit: ...
TB Monitor;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... inflammatory STDs, which increase the effectiveness of HIV by two- to fivefold," Valdiserri says. Measuring HIV incidence remains difficult Whether increases in gonorrhea rates will lead to increases in HIV rates remains to be seen, and at the present ...

Article: Gonorrhea rates rising among hardest-hit; ...
TB Monitor;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... inflammatory STDs, which increase the effectiveness of HIV by two- to fivefold," Valdiserri says. HIV incidence difficult to measure Whether increases in gonorrhea rates will lead to increases in HIV rates remains to be seen, and at the present it ...

Article: GONORRHEA RATES CLIMB IN THE U.S.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  December 6, 2000 ;     456 words ... ... Tuesday. The rise of gonorrhea rates is especially concerning ... infect others -- with HIV. Gonorrhea rates rose 9 percent between ... National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention ... overshadowed efforts to cut gonorrhea rates. The CDC said the ...

Article: Gonorrhea rates rising among hardest-hit.
AIDS Alert;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Gonorrhea rates rising among hardest-hit HIV infection implications are ... increase the effectiveness of HIV by two- to fivefold, Valdiserri ... says. Whether increases in gonorrhea rates will lead to increases in HIV rates remains to be seen ...

Article: STD Quarterly: Gonorrhea rates drop; stay focused ...
Contraceptive Technology Update;  March 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...STD Quarterly Gonorrhea rates drop; stay focused on ... disease (STD). While gonorrhea rates dropped to 116.2 cases ... agencys National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention ... increases the risk of HIV transmission in men and ...

Article: Vaginal Flora May Hold Key to High Gonorrhea Rates ...
OB GYN News;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... coinvestigator. In this study 657 HIV-negative sex workers in Mombasa ... increased risk of acquiring HIV infection and a 1.7-fold ... bacterial vaginosis, and perhaps HIV infection, but not with fewer ... efforts at STD control, U.S. gonorrhea rates remain 50 times higher than ...

Article: Gonorrhea rates fall; syphilis on the rise: ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 9, 2005 ;     568 words ... ... Valdiserri, acting director of the CDC's National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, said a primary reason for the syphilis ... Mississippi, Louisiana and South Carolina have the highest gonorrhea rates, while Mississippi, Alaska and Louisiana have the highest ...