HIV infection and sexually transmitted diseases in a referral STD centre in south India

Pattern Of Sexually Transmitted Infections And Sexual Behavior In Patients With Genital Symptoms

“…The mean age of sex debut was 18.95 years (±3. 13) and ranged from 13 -28 years. Majority (50.8%) had their first sexual exposure at the age of 15 -19 yrs of age whereas 13.8% were even young.…”

“…Out of 76 ever married people, those who did not stay together with their spouse were likely to have EMC (Table 7). [10][11][12][13][14][15] The reason behind this less number may be due to the fact that STI symptoms in females are less pronounced than in males and more often female patients attend Gynaecology clinic first. 16 Moreover socio-cultural restrictions prevent them from visiting STI clinic until becomes unbearable.…”

An Appraisal of Sexual Behaviors, STI/HIV Prevalence, and HIV Prevention Programs among Truckers in India: A Critical Literature Review

“…Similar results in terms of history of multiple sex partners including FSWs (80% -95%) [28]- [30] and consistent condom use (2% -14%) [28] [30] were observed in studies undertaken towards the end of 1990s. During this period, studies focusing on sexual behaviors attempted to explore mainly the history of multiple sex partners which is a measure of cumulative risk, and did not stress much on measuring sexual behaviors in recent past [23] [24] [27]- [29]. An exception was a large-scale survey among truckers in 2000 which concluded that nearly one-third of the truckers had sex with FSWs in the past one year preceding the survey [31].…”

“…Although such variations indicate towards the geographic variability in the HIV epidemic among truckers, the comparison across studies is challenged due to differentials in study design, and methods of recruitment. For instance, the STI/HIV prevalence among studies which recruited participants from STI clinics [19] [29] [44] [45] was much higher than that observed among studies which recruited participants from elsewhere, perhaps because of higher likelihood of HIV infections among those who suffer from STIs. Nonetheless, despite such limitations, these were suggestive of truckers' higher vulnerability towards HIV.…”

“…Studies conducted after 2000 found the HIV prevalence in the range of 2% to 5% among truckers [16]- [18] [33] [43]. Few studies in which truckers were recruited from clinics established to treat STIs found much higher prevalence of HIV ranging from 16% -57% [19] [29] [44] [45]. Studies during early 2000 found high prevalence of syphilis (6.3%) and Hepatitis B (4% to 6%) among truckers [32] [43].…”