Burden of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) in Rural and Peri-Urban KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Findings from a Population-Based Household Survey

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayesha Kharsany ◽  
Lyle R. McKinnon ◽  
Lara Lewis ◽  
Cherie Cawood ◽  
David Khanyile ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

scholarly journals Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus: Findings from a population-based household survey in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 150-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Samsunder ◽  
Sinaye Ngcapu ◽  
Lara Lewis ◽  
Cheryl Baxter ◽  
Cherie Cawood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hepatitis B Virus ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
B Virus

Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among HIV-Positive Sex Workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 721-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
CATHERINE A. CONNOLLY ◽  
GITA RAMJEE ◽  
ADRIAAN W. STURM ◽  
SALIM S. ABDOOL KARIM
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

scholarly journals High Prevalence and Incidence of Asymptomatic Sexually Transmitted Infections During Pregnancy and Postdelivery in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhayendre Moodley ◽  
Prashini Moodley ◽  
Motshedisi Sebitloane ◽  
Deepak Soowamber ◽  
Heather Luz McNaughton-Reyes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
High Prevalence

scholarly journals Testing as Prevention of Resistance in Bacteria Causing Sexually Transmitted Infections—A Population-Based Model for Germany

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 929
Author(s):  
Andreas Hahn ◽  
Hagen Frickmann ◽  
Ulrike Loderstädt
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
False Negative ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Test Characteristics ◽  
Antibiotic Drugs ◽  
False Positive Signal ◽  
Antibiotic Drug ◽  
Potential Applicability ◽  
Sex With Men

Prescribed antibiotic treatments which do not match the therapeutic requirements of potentially co-existing undetected sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can facilitate the selection of antibiotic-drug-resistant clones. To reduce this risk, this modelling assessed the potential applicability of reliable rapid molecular test assays targeting bacterial STI prior to the prescription of antibiotic drugs. The modelling was based on the prevalence of three bacterial STIs in German heterosexual and men-having-sex-with-men (MSM) populations, as well as on reported test characteristics of respective assays. In the case of the application of rapid molecular STI assays for screening, the numbers needed to test in order to correctly identify any of the included bacterial STIs ranged from 103 to 104 for the heterosexual population and from 5 to 14 for the MSM population. The number needed to harm—defined as getting a false negative result for any of the STIs and a false positive signal for another one, potentially leading to an even more inappropriate adaptation of antibiotic therapy than without any STI screening—was at least 208,995 for the heterosexuals and 16,977 for the MSM. Therefore, the screening approach may indeed be suitable to avoid unnecessary selective pressure on bacterial causes of sexually transmitted infections.

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