Recent Advances in Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS

Family planning, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.

Integration of sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV/AIDS control efforts into family planning programs in sub-Saharan Africa offers the potential to reach women of childbearing age when the risk of exposure to STDs and HIV is greatest. Such a strategy is especially important now that the AIDS epidemic has come to involve women from lower risk groups infected as a result of their partner'...

Herbal medicines for sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are gaining significant importance at present due to rapid spread of the diseases, high cost of treatment, and the increased risk of transmission of other STDs and AIDS. Current therapies available for symptomatic treatment of STDs and AIDS are quite expensive beyond the reach of common man and are associated wit...

[Epidemiological expression of other sexually transmitted diseases among AIDS patients].

This study was carried out in order to estimate the frequency of other sexually transmitted diseases (STD) among AIDS patients and to identify their epidemiological association and possible relations to the groups most exposed to the virus. The data were collected from the medical case histories and the STD were identified on the basis of data provided by anamnesis, physical examination and lab...

Sexually transmitted diseases in sexually abused children.

To determine the prevalence and pattern of sexually transmitted diseases among sexually abused children, we evaluated 532 victims under 14 years of age for the presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Treponema pallidum. Twenty-five girls with vaginal discharge and six children with perineal skin lesions underwent more detailed microbiologic examination. Thirty-four infections were identified in 3...

[Sexually transmitted diseases (S.T.D.)].