Incidence rate of STIs in military candidate and pregnant women in Ha Noi city in 2003
- Author:
Nguyen Duy Hung
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Sexually Transmitted Infections
- MeSH:
Pregnant Women
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2005;313(8):1-7
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The study was carried out on 400 pregnant women and 400 military candidates in Ha Noi in 2003 to evaluate sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The result showed that: HIV infection rate in pregnant women was high (0.75%) and in military candidate was 0.25%. Syphilis was detected at the same rate in two groups: 0.25%. Using PCR technique, the researcher detected gonorrhea and C.trachomatis rates military candidate group were very high (2.0% and 9.0%, respectively), and the rates in pregnant women group was low (0.0% and 1.5%, respectively)
