Prevalence of coinfectionsa among South African young women with at least one of the five STIs (HPVb, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HSV-2) (n=321).
aFor example, among the 23 women that had syphilis detected, 4 (17%) had a single infection, 6 (26%) were coinfected with syphilis and another STI, 9 (39%) were coinfected with syphilis and two other STIs, 3 (13%) were coinfected with syphilis and three other STIs and 1(4%) was coinfected with syphilis and all four other STIs.
bHPV genotypes known to cause disease specifically genital warts (HPV 6, 11) and cervical cancer (HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 68)