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Table 2 Prevalence of laboratory confirmed reproductive tract/sexually transmitted infections by HIV status among pregnant women in Moshi, Tanzania

From: Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women with known HIV status in northern Tanzania

 

N

%

HIV-positive

HIV-negative

Serology

HIV-1

184/2654

6.9%

  

Active syphilis

23/2654

0.9%

3.3%

0.7% ***

HSV-2

427/1271

33.6%

43.2%

32.0% **

Chlamydia trachomatis

183/1048

17.5%

30.0%

16.6% **

Cervical & vaginal STIs/RTIs

Neisseria gonorrhoea

13/2555

0.5%

1.6%

0.4% *

Trichomonas vaginalis

129/2555

5.0%

7.1%

4.9%

Bacterial vaginosis

533/2555

20.9%

37.2%

19.6% ***

Candida albicans

292/2555

11.4%

14.2%

11.2%

Any vaginal infection

754/2555

29.5%

46.4%

28.2% ***

Clinical STIs

    

Genital ulcer

41/2555

1.6%

4.4%

1.4% *

Genital warts

11/2555

0.4%

1.1%

0.4%

Any curable STI #

162/2558

6.3%

11.5%

5.9% **

Any curable STI/RTI †

633/2558

24.7%

43.2%

23.3% ***

  1. Trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis or candidiasis.
  2. # Syphilis, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis.
  3. † Syphilis, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis.
  4. * p ≤ 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001
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