Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis among women in sub-Saharan Africa: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 18 HIV …

EA Torrone, CS Morrison, PL Chen, C Kwok… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Estimates of sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence are essential for
efforts to prevent and control STIs. Few large STI prevalence studies exist, especially for low …

Adult gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis prevalence, incidence, treatment and syndromic case reporting in South Africa: Estimates using the Spectrum-STI model …

RS Kularatne, R Niit, J Rowley, T Kufa-Chakezha… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objectives To estimate trends in prevalence and incidence of syphilis, gonorrhea and
chlamydia in adult men and women in South Africa. Methods The Spectrum-STI tool …

Prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related tumors in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

M Poljak, A Šterbenc, MM Lunar - Expert Review of Anti-Infective …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: In comparison to their HIV-negative counterparts, people living with HIV
(PLWH) have a higher prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in various …

Prevalence and risk factors associated with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among women of reproductive age in Swaziland

TG Ginindza, CD Stefan, JM Tsoka-Gwegweni… - Infectious agents and …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain an important public
health problem with approximately half a billion new cases annually among persons aged …

[HTML][HTML] Human papillomavirus prevalence and risk factors among HIV-negative and HIV-positive women residing in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa

O Taku, CB Businge, ML Mdaka, K Phohlo… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the prevalence of high-risk (HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) and
factors associated with HR-HPV infection among women from rural Eastern Cape, South …

High prevalence of asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections among human immunodeficiency virus-infected pregnant women in a low-income South African …

M Mudau, RP Peters, L De Vos… - … journal of STD & …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a lack of evidence on the burden of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Neisseria
gonorrhoeae (NG) and Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) among HIV-infected pregnant women in …

High human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence in South African adolescents and young women encourages expanded HPV vaccination campaigns

ZZA Mbulawa, C Van Schalkwyk, NC Hu, TL Meiring… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The objectives of the study were to investigate prevalence of cervical human papillomavirus
(HPV) genotypes to inform HPV vaccination strategy in South Africa and to study factors …

High human papillomavirus prevalence among females attending high school in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

ZZA Mbulawa, NI Somdyala, SA Mabunda… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
As part of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination strategy in South Africa, it is essential
to have information on HPV prevalence, and HPV types distribution among the unvaccinated …

Human papillomavirus prevalence in South African women and men according to age and human immunodeficiency virus status

ZZA Mbulawa, D Coetzee, AL Williamson - BMC infectious diseases, 2015 - Springer
Background Both cervical cancer and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are major public
health problems in Sub-Saharan Africa. The objectives of the study were to investigate …

High-risk HPV genotypes in Zimbabwean women with cervical cancer: Comparative analyses between HIV-negative and HIV-positive women

O Kuguyo, RS Dube Mandishora, NE Thomford… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background High-risk human papillomavirus HPV (HR-HPV) modifies cervical cancer risk in
people living with HIV, yet African populations are under-represented. We aimed to compare …