2001
Prevalence of infectious diseases in Bangladeshi women living adjacent to a truck stand: HIV/STD/hepatitis/genital tract infections
Gibney L, Macaluso M, Kirk K, Hassan MS, Schwebke J, Vermund SH, Choudhury P. Prevalence of infectious diseases in Bangladeshi women living adjacent to a truck stand: HIV/STD/hepatitis/genital tract infections. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2001, 77: 344. PMID: 11588280, PMCID: PMC1744386, DOI: 10.1136/sti.77.5.344.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenital tract infectionHuman immunodeficiency virusHerpes simplex 2Tract infectionsCommercial sex workersHepatitis BPhysical examinationInfectious diseasesBangladeshi womenTejgaon truck standHigh-risk behaviorsPrevalence of infectionTests of urineHepatitis D.Hepatitis CCervical swabsImmunodeficiency virusBacterial vaginosisCervical specimensSerology testsHigh prevalencePrevention interventionsHigh riskBlood samplesInfection rateCervical Ectopy in Adolescent Girls with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Moscicki A, Ma Y, Holland C, Vermund S. Cervical Ectopy in Adolescent Girls with and without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2001, 183: 865-870. PMID: 11237802, DOI: 10.1086/319261.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionHIV infectionLifetime sex partnersVirus infectionAdolescent girlsSex partnersMultivariate logistic regression analysisOral contraceptive useLogistic regression analysisCervical ectopyBacterial vaginosisNegative adolescentsUnivariate analysisContraceptive useChlamydia trachomatisNeisseria gonorrhoeaeInfectionSignificant predictorsEctopyCervixRegression analysisOngoing studiesMore partnersGirls
2000
Vaginal infections in pregnant women in Jamaica: prevalence and risk factors
Kamara P, Hylton-Kong T, Brathwaite A, Del Rosario G, Kristensen S, Patrick N, Weiss H, Figueroa P, Vermund S, Jolly P. Vaginal infections in pregnant women in Jamaica: prevalence and risk factors. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2000, 11: 516-520. PMID: 10990336, DOI: 10.1258/0956462001916425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReproductive tract infectionsBacterial vaginosisPregnant womenRisk factorsMultiple logistic regression analysisCross-sectional studyLogistic regression analysisBV prevalenceMalodorous dischargeTract infectionsHIV infectionSymptomatic presentationSyndromic managementPrenatal clinicsVaginal infectionsWet mountTrichomoniasisInfectionStrong associationWomenPrevalenceRegression analysisCandidiasisVaginosisVaginitis