Introduction: One of the contributing factors in ectopic pregnancy is genital infection. The self-treatment infections a common practice that results infectious diseases, microbial resistance, and no patient recovery. Objective: This study aimed to determine relationship between infection pregnancy. Materials Methods: case-control was performed on 373 women 2018. Samples included 180 normal pre...

CONTEXT Since herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) antibody tests have become commercially available, an increasing number of persons have learned that they have genital herpes through serologic testing. The course of natural history of HSV-2 in asymptomatic, seropositive persons is uncertain. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the virologic and clinical course of HSV genital shedding among individuals wit...

BACKGROUND Anxiety and depressive symptoms are common in childhood, however problems in need of intervention may not be identified. Children at risk for developing more severe problems can be identified based on elevated symptom levels. Quality of life and self-esteem are important functional domains and may provide additional valuable information. METHODS Schoolchildren (n = 915), aged 9-13,...

Background. Inappropriate self-medication causes wastage of resources among others. Method. This survey study was conducted to determine self-medication pattern of 404 social science university students in Northwest Ethiopia, who were selected through stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaire and analyzed with SPSS version 20 statistical sof...

BACKGROUND Male circumcision (MC) is a well-established component of HIV prevention in countries with high HIV prevalence and heterosexually driven epidemics. Delivery and monitoring of MC programs are reliant on good quality MC data. Such data are often generated through self-reported MC status surveys. This study examined self-reported MC status in comparison with genital photographs from men...