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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 27.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2010 Mar 27;24(6):819–831. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283367836

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in HIV-infected study participants

Characteristics Value
Number of subjects 40
Age in years [median (IQR)] 25 (21-37)
Marital status [N/Total (% of women married)] 1/40 (2.5%)
Number with >1 partner [N/Total (% of women with >1 partner)] 8/40 (20%)
Contraception use [N/Total (% of women using contraception)] 14/40 (35%)
Prevalence of STIs [N/Total (% of women with lab diagnosed STI)] 37/39 (94.5%)
Prevalence of multiple STIs [N/total (% of women with lab diagnosed multiple STIs)] 31/36 (86.1%)
Trichomonas vaginalis [N/total (% of women PCR positive for T. vaginalis)] 4/36 (11.1%)
Chlamydia trachomatis [N/total (% of women PCR positive for C. trachomatis)] 6/36 (16.7%)
Neisseria gonorrhoea [N/total (% of women PCR positive for N. gonorrhoea)] 6/36 (16.7%)
Treponema pallidum [N/total (% of women with detectable T. pallidum antibody)] 2/40 (5.0%)
Shedding HSV-2 [N/total (% of women PCR positive for HSV-2)] 1/36 (2.8%)
HSV-2 IgG [N/total (% of women with detectable HSV-2 antibody)] 37/40 (92.5%)
Bacterial vaginosis [N/total (% of women gram stain positive for BV)] 27/36 (75.0%)