To estimate the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and lower reproductive tract infections (RTI) and determine risk factors for STI among rural women in Sichuan Province, China, a cross-sectional, community-based cluster sample of 2,000 rural, married women were interviewed, examined and clinical specimens collected to assess for six STI and two non-sexually transmitted RTI. Th...

present a novel hypothesis that could explain virologic failure to STI and provides new insights of great clinical relevance. We analyze a classic mathematical model of HIV within-host viral dynamics and find that nonlinear parametric resonance occurs when STI are added to the model; resonance is observed as virologic failure. We use the model to simulate clinical trial data and to calculate pa...

Sexually transmitted infections (STI) in HIV-infected people are of increasing concern. We estimated STI prevalence and sexual healthcare seeking behaviour in 224 sexually active HIV-infected people, including men who have sex with men (MSM, n = 112), heterosexual men (n = 65) and women (n = 47). Laboratory-diagnosed bacterial STI were more common in MSM (Chlamydia trachomatis 10.7%; 95% CI 6.2...

UNLABELLED Background Compared with non-Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have higher rates of sexually transmissible infections (STI). The identification of the sexual risk and healthcare seeking behaviours of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in a regional Australian setting was sought. METHODS A cross-sectional survey of 155 young Aborigi...

OBJECTIVE The burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) rests with young people, yet in Ireland there has been very little research into this population. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence rate and establish risk factors that predict STI occurrence among adolescents in Ireland. DESIGN Routine diagnostic, demographic and behavioural data from first-time visits to t...

OBJECTIVES Prior research has shown that Dutch general practitioners (GPs) do not always offer HIV testing and the number of undiagnosed HIV patients remains high. We aimed to further investigate the frequency and reasons for (not) testing for HIV and the contribution of GPs to the diagnosis of HIV infections in the Netherlands. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING (1) Dutch primary care net...

BACKGROUND Ensuring rapid access to high quality sexual health services is a key public health objective, both in the United Kingdom and internationally. Internet-based testing services for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are considered to be a promising way to achieve this goal. This study will evaluate a nascent online STI testing and results service in South East London, delivered alo...

The effect of additive white Gaussian noise and high-pass filtering on speech intelligibility at signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) from −26 to 0 dB was evaluated using British English talkers normal hearing listeners. SNRs below −10 were considered as they are relevant security applications. Eight objective metrics assessed: short-time (STOI), a proposed variant termed STOI+, extended (ESTOI), norm...

OBJECTIVE To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of high school students regarding HIV/ AIDS and STI and to determine if a school education programme would bring about statistically significant positive change in the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding HIV/AIDS and STI. METHODS The study was conducted among 1012 students of various schools in Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Bhakta...