PMID- 25400718
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1931-7611 (Print)
IS  - 1931-762X (Electronic)
IS  - 1931-7611 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 4
DP  - 2010
TI  - Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Risk Behaviors from the NIMH 
      Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial.
PG  - 272-284
AB  - This cross-sectional study describes the baseline prevalence and correlates of 
      common bacterial and viral sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and risk 
      behaviors among individuals at high risk for HIV recruited in five low- and 
      middle-income countries. Correlations of risk behaviors and demographic factors 
      with prevalent STDs and the association of STDs with HIV prevalence are examined. 
      Between 2,212 and 5,543 participants were recruited in each of five countries 
      (China, India, Peru, Russia, and Zimbabwe). Standard protocols were used to 
      collect behavioral risk information and biological samples for STD testing. Risk 
      factors for HIV/STD prevalence were evaluated using logistic regression models. 
      STD prevalence was significantly higher for women than men in all countries, and 
      the most prevalent STD was Herpes simplex virus-type 2 (HSV-2). HIV prevalence 
      was generally low (below 5%) except in Zimbabwe (30% among women, 11.7% among 
      men). Prevalence of bacterial STDs was generally low (below 5% for gonorrhea and 
      under 7% for syphilis in all sites), with the exception of syphilis among female 
      sex workers in India. Behavioral and demographic risks for STDs varied widely 
      across the five study sites. Common risks for STDs included female gender, 
      increasing number of recent sex partners, and in some sites, older age, 
      particularly for chronic STDs (i.e., HSV-2 and HIV). Prevalence of HIV was not 
      associated with STDs except in Zimbabwe, which showed a modest correlation 
      between HIV and HSV-2 prevalence (Pearson coefficient = .55). These findings 
      underscore the heterogeneity of global STD and HIV epidemics and suggest that 
      local, focused interventions are needed to achieve significant declines in these 
      infections.
FAU - Celentano, David D
AU  - Celentano DD
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins 
      University, Baltimore, MD.
FAU - Mayer, Kenneth H
AU  - Mayer KH
AD  - Miriam Hospital/Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI.
FAU - Pequegnat, Willo
AU  - Pequegnat W
AD  - International AIDS Prevention Research, Center for Mental Health Research on 
      AIDS, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD.
FAU - Abdala, Nadia
AU  - Abdala N
AD  - Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 
      New Haven, CT.
FAU - Green, Annette M
AU  - Green AM
AD  - Research Triangle Institute International, Durham, NC.
FAU - Handsfield, H Hunter
AU  - Handsfield HH
AD  - Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation, Seattle, WA.
FAU - Hartwell, Tyler D
AU  - Hartwell TD
AD  - Research Triangle Institute International, Durham, NC.
CN  - National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative HIV/STD Prevention Trial Group
LA  - eng
GR  - U10 MH061513/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Sex Health
JT  - International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World 
      Association for Sexual Health
JID - 101312593
PMC - PMC4230575
MID - NIHMS577153
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - HIV prevention
OT  - behavioral risk factors
OT  - international
OT  - sexually transmitted diseases
EDAT- 2010/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2010/01/01 00:01
PMCR- 2014/11/13
CRDT- 2014/11/18 06:00
PHST- 2014/11/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2014/11/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1080/19317611.2010.494092 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Sex Health. 2010;22(4):272-284. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2010.494092.