How do we spot the next sexually transmitted infection? Kyle Bernstein and colleagues look for lessons from past discovery.

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between genitourinary infections in the month before conception to the end of the first trimesterand gastroschisis. DESIGN Case-control study with self reported infections from a computer assisted telephone interview. SETTING National birth defects prevention study, a multisite, population based study including 10 surveillance systems for birth defects in...

BACKGROUND AND AIM Sexually transmitted infections are a very frequent and under-diagnosed cause of illness worldwide. A high number of detection methods and a large range of specimens in which sexually transmitted infections can be determined are available at the moment. Polymerase chain reaction performed on first void urine offers the advantage of being non-invasive, self-collectable and has...

AIM This article is an exploration of young women's experiences of having a sexually transmitted infection. BACKGROUND Sexually transmitted infections are prevalent worldwide and have serious physical and psychological sequelae. Although some aspects of having sexually transmitted infections have been identified in the literature, the stigmatised nature of these infections means that relative...

OBJECTIVE Anal cancer is a rare tumor, which incidence is influenced by sexual behavior. The purpose of this paper is to verify the correlation between anal cancer and sexually transmitted diseases, such as HPV, HIV, Gonococci infection, Chlamydia infection, syphilis and others. METHODS All the internments due to anal cancer, HIV, HPV, syphilis, Gonococci infection, Chlamydia infection and ot...

Sexually transmitted diseases, besides having an immediate impact on the infected individual, affects all sexual partners, and even the next generation. Infection in young children raises the possibility of sexual abuse, thus having legal as well as medical implications. Syphilis and gonorrhoea are in many ways the archetypal examples of sexually transmitted diseases. They were also thought to ...

INTRODUCTION Violence against women perpetrated by their intimate partners is a social problem with adverse health consequences. Intimate partner violence has acute and chronic as well as direct and indirect health consequences related to physical, psychological, and reproductive health. Studies exploring relationships of intimate partner violence and health consequences are rare in Nepal. Henc...