Epidemiology of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Global epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are among the first ten causes of unpleasant diseases in young adult males in developing countries and the second major cause of unpleasant diseases in young adult women. Adolescents and young adults (15-24 years old) make up only 25% of the sexually active population, but represent almost 50% of all new acquired STDs. In general, STDs are epidemics and pres...

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases and infections.

Sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDIs) are known to have a major socioeconomic and biologic impact, par notticularly on women (e.g., sterility, ectopic pregnancies, neo notplasms, etc.) and fetus (intrauterine and perinatal mortality, infection, malformations). Sex work noters do not use health services appropriately and are a high-risk category. Despite this evidence, data on pro...

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases in Río Cuarto, Argentina.

Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are a group of transmittable diseases acquired fundamentally through sexual contact. STD are a social problem resulting from demographic explosion and changes in sexual conduct, which affects teenagers and adults of all socioeconomic strata. The goal of this work was to establish the actual state of the different STD within the studied population. Samples of ...

Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Pregnant Adolescents

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiology of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among pregnant adolescents. METHODS Charts of all patients (n = 735) who attended the Maternal and Infant Care Clinic at University Hospital, Newark, NJ, between July 1, 1991, and June 30, 1992, were reviewed for STDs which included gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and human immunodefi...

[Sexually transmitted diseases (S.T.D.)].