Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Rape Victims

Blackmore, Cheryl A.; Keegan, Robert; Cates, Willard

doi:10.1093/clinids/4.supplement_4.s877

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“…Screening usually cannot distinguish between pre-existing infection in the victim and infection transmitted during an assault; except in rare cases Ð such as the rape of a virgin. Those infections documented shortly after an assault probably represent pre-existing infection 17 . Furthermore, sexual assault victims often fail to re-attend for follow-up screening and therefore, particularly for infections with a long incubation period, infection acquired from an assault may not be documented.…”

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confidence: 99%