International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 115-122 , March 2007

Sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and HIV-1 infections in two at-risk populations in Barcelona: female street prostitutes and STI clinic attendees

  • M. Vall-Mayans

      Affiliations

    • Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit, Primary Health Center Drassanes, Catalan Health Institute, E-08001 Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 93 441 4612; fax: +34 93 441 4612.
    • ,
  • M. Villa

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology and Parasitology Service, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Catalan Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • M. Saravanya

      Affiliations

    • Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit, Primary Health Center Drassanes, Catalan Health Institute, E-08001 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • E. Loureiro

      Affiliations

    • Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit, Primary Health Center Drassanes, Catalan Health Institute, E-08001 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • M. Meroño

      Affiliations

    • Àmbit Dona, Àmbit Prevenció, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • E. Arellano

      Affiliations

    • Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit, Primary Health Center Drassanes, Catalan Health Institute, E-08001 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • B. Sanz

      Affiliations

    • Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit, Primary Health Center Drassanes, Catalan Health Institute, E-08001 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • P. Saladié

      Affiliations

    • Sexually Transmitted Infections Unit, Primary Health Center Drassanes, Catalan Health Institute, E-08001 Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • A. Andreu

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology and Parasitology Service, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Catalan Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • M.G. Codina

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology and Parasitology Service, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Catalan Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain

Received 17 May 2005 ,Revised 28 October 2005 ,Accepted 15 November 2005.

References 

  1. McMillan A, Young H, Ogilvie MM, Scott GR, Ballard RC. Clinical practice in sexually transmissible infections. London: Saunders; 2002;p. 281–98
  2. Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health. Sexually transmitted infections. Genital herpes simplex, genital chlamydia and gonorrhoea infection in Scotland: laboratory confirmations 1992–2002. SCIEH Weekly Report. 2003;27:166–171
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Trends in reportable sexually transmitted diseases in the United States, 2003. STD Surveillance 2003. Available at: www.cdc.gov/std/stats. (accessed January 20, 2005).
  4. Wilson JS, Honey E, Templeton A, Paavonen J, Mardh PA, Stary A, et al. for the EU Biomed Concerted Action Group. A systematic review of the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis among European women. Hum Reprod Update. 2002;8:385–394
  5. Vall Mayans M, Sanz Colomo B, Loureiro Varela E, Armengol Egea P. Sexually transmitted infections in Barcelona beyond 2000. Med Clin (Barc). 2004;122:18–20(in Spanish)
  6. World Health Organization. Consultation on STD interventions for preventing HIV: what is the evidence? WHO/HIS/2002.02 Geneva, Switzerland, 2000: 1–54.
  7. The Primary Care STI Study Group (GITSAP). Seroprevalence of HIV among sexually transmitted infections clinic attendees voluntarily tested for HIV in Barcelona, 1998–2001. Sex Transm Dis. 2003;30:876–879
  8. The EPI-VIH Study Group. HIV infection among people of foreign origin voluntarily tested in Spain. A comparison with national subjects. Sex Transm Infect. 2002;78:250–254
  9. Radcliffe K. European STD guidelines. Int J STD AIDS. 2001;(Suppl. 3):
  10. Krepel J, Patel J, Sproston A, Hopkins F, Jang D, Mahony J, et al. The impact on accuracy and cost of ligase chain reaction testing by pooling urine specimens for the diagnosis of CT infections. Sex Transm Dis. 1999;26:504–507
  11. Connell JA, Parry JV, Mortimer PP, Duncan RJ, McLean KA, Johnson AM, et al. Preliminary report: accurate assays for anti-HIV in urine. Lancet. 1990;335:1366–1369
  12. Desai S, Bates H, Michalski FJ. Detection of antibody to HIV-1 in urine. Lancet. 1991;337:183–184
  13. Kacena KA, Dohnal K, Benesova V, Grivna M, Deliopolu J, Tryzna R, et al. Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and HIV-1 prevalence among five populations of women in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Sex Transm Dis. 2001;28:356–362
  14. Martínez Martínez P, Rodríguez Torres A, Ortiz de Lejarazu R, Montoya A, Martin JF, Eiros JM. Human immunodeficiency virus antibody testing by enzyme-linked fluorescent and Western blot assays using serum, gingival-crevicular transudate, and urine samples. J Clin Microbiol. 1999;37:1100–1106
  15. Matteelli A, Beltrame A, Carvalho ACC, Casalini C, Forleo MA, Gulletta M, et al. Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection in migrant female sex workers in Italy. Int J STD AIDS. 2003;14:591–595
  16. D’Antuono A, Andalò F, Carlà EM, De Tommaso S. Prevalence of STDs and HIV infection among immigrant sex workers attending an STD centre in Bologna, Italy. Sex Transm Infect. 2001;77:220
  17. European Working Group on HIV infection in female prostitutes. HIV infection in European female sex workers: epidemiological link with use of petroleum-based lubricants. AIDS. 1993;4:401–408
  18. Belza MJ for the Epi-VIH Study Group. Risk of HIV infection among male sex workers in Spain. Sex Transm Infect. 2005;81:85–88
  19. Reina J, Gutiérrez O, González-Cárdenas M, Berlanga R. Prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the general population and in a group of prostitutes from Palma de Mallorca (letter). Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2004;22:439–442(in Spanish)
  20. Marinas JJ, Rego ME, Rosales M, Castro MI, Bouzas E. Evaluation of the effectiveness of a program of detection of asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women. Rev Esp Salud Publica. 1997;71:27–34(in Spanish)
  21. Chávez M, Vargas J, Pueyo I, Valverde A, Serrano MC, Claro R, et al. Incidence of genitourinary Chlamydia trachomatis infection at an STD center by direct antigen detection assay. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2000;18:392–395(in Spanish)
  22. Fenton KA, Lowndes CM the European Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections (ESSTI) Network. Recent trends in the epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections in the European Union. Sex Transm Infect. 2004;80:255–263
  23. Stock C, Guillen-Grima F, Prufer-Kramer L, Serrano-Monzo I, Marin-Fernandez B, Aguinaga-Ontoso I, et al. Sexual behavior and the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in asymptomatic students in Germany and Spain. Eur J Epidemiol. 2001;17:385–390
  24. Andreu Domingo A, Pumarola Suñé T, Sanz Colomo B, Sobejano García L, Xercavins Montosa J, Coll Escursell O, et al. Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection as evaluated by molecular biology methods. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2002;20:205–207(in Spanish)
  25. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines 2002. MMWR. 2002;51(No. RR-6):7

PII: S1201-9712(06)00051-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.11.005

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 115-122 , March 2007

Article Tools