To the Editor: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is a necessary, but not sufficient, cause of tuberculosis (TB). Infection with HIV is the strongest known risk factor for disease progression to TB. In the absence of HIV infection, disease develops in 5% to 15% of infected persons. Unfortunately, the process of progression to disease is poorly understood. We hypothesize that, in addition to H...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are defined as infections that spread primarily through person-toperson sexual contact. However, several of these infections, in particular HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B, can also be transmitted via mother-to-childtransmission during pregnancy and childbirth, blood products or tissue transfer. There are more than 30 different sexually transmissible bacteri...

BACKGROUND Substance use increases both the risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and other Sexually Transmitted Infections, either directly or indirectly. The association of substance use and Sexually Transmitted Infections has not yet studied in Southwestern Ethiopia. The main aim of this study is to determine the associations between substance use and Sexually Transmitted Infections on client...

The new Infectious Disease Prevention Law lists the following 5 diseases as those transmitted through sexual acts: syphilis, gonorrhea, Chlamydia infection of reproductive organs, herpes genitalis, and condyloma acuminatum. Among these, Chlamydia infection of reproductive organs and gonorrhea are likely to affect a woman’s reproductive capacity. The former in particular, which far surpasses the...

background: chlamydia trachomatis (ct) is a common cause of sexually transmitted infections (sti) and a prevalent microorganism found in the vaginal discharge of sexually active women. the infection usually has no symptoms; although it may cause chronic complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease (pid), ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, tubal infertility and cervical cancer. this st...