BACKGROUND Recreational drug use is associated with high-risk sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We assessed the prevalence of drug use during sex and the associations between such use and STI (chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis). METHODS During 3 periods in 2008 and 2009, attendees of an STI clinic in Amsterdam were interviewed about sexual behavior and drug use durin...

BACKGROUND Condom use problems are common amongst Scotland's men who have sex with men (MSM). To date condom errors have been associated with the likelihood of sexually transmitted infections in heterosexual sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinic attendees but not in MSM and direct evidence of a link between condom problems and STI acquisition in MSM have been lacking. This study investiga...

BACKGROUND Men having sex with men (MSM) remain the largest high-risk group involved in on-going transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STI), including HIV, in the Netherlands. As risk behaviour may change with age, it is important to explore potential heterogeneity in risks by age. To improve our understanding of this epidemic, we analysed the prevalence of and risk factors for selec...

Anogenital and Pharyngeal Neisseria Gonorrhea Cases in Adults in Alberta, Canada Jennifer Gratrix, MSc; Joshua Bergman, MPH; Natalie Anderson, MSc; Ron Read, MD; Ameeta Singh, BMBS, MSc; Petra Smyczek, MD; Alberta Health ServicesCentralized STI Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Alberta Health Services-Edmonton STI Clinic, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Alberta Health Services-Calgary STI Clinic, Calgary, ...

Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa) remains the most severely HIV affected region in the world. As there will not be a cure or vaccine against HIV for many years, primary HIV prevention remains key to HIV control. Primary prevention currently includes treatment of curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Here, the evidence for curable STI treatment as an HIV prevention strategy in ...

This paper aims to explore the effect of soybean trypsin inhibitor(STI) on oxygen free radicals levels in pancreatic mitochondria of mice. 36 male KM mice were randomly divided into three groups and fed with different diets as follows: control group was fed on control diet, STI group was fed on control diet containing STI, and VC (vitamin C) group was fed on STI diet supplemented with vitamin C...

OBJECTIVES To describe health seeking and sexual behaviour including condom use among patients presenting with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and, to identify sociodemographic and behavioural risk factors associated with "no condom use" during the symptomatic period. METHODS A cross sectional study of consecutive new STI cases presenting at the district STI clinic in Thyolo, Malawi. T...