High Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Female Sex Workers in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea: Correlates and Recommendations

Gare, Janet; Lupiwa, T; Suarkia, Dagwin; Paniu, M.M.; Wahasoka, Asibo; Nivia, Hannah; Kono, Jacinta; Yeka, William; Reeder, John C.; Mgone, Charles S.

doi:10.1097/01.olq.0000161177.21639.96

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“…None of the 200 sex workers tested in those two cities was HIV-positive, but once HIV enters such sexual networks, it is likely to spread rapidly. The rapid introduction of effective and appropriate prevention programmes could protect those sex workers and their clients from HIV (Gare et al, 2005).…”

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Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases

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Persad

et al. 2007

Nature

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Persad

et al. 2007

Nature

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“…18 Considering the importance of this population for the control of the HIV/AIDS epidemics, in a study carried out in New Guinea, the authors pointed out that the development of specifi c interventions for this population subgroup is a cost-effective strategy for the control of HIV dissemination. 19 This review shows that most of the studies that involved female SW used sampling techniques with non-probabilistic selection. When compared to the probabilistic samples, the convenience samples can generally be implemented more easily, faster and with fewer resources.…”

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Sampling studies to estimate the HIV prevalence rate in female commercial sex workers

Pascom¹,

Szwarcwald²,

Júnior³

2010

Braz J Infect Dis

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Introduction:We investigated sampling methods being used to estimate the HIV prevalence rate among female commercial sex workers. Methods: The studies were classifi ed according to the adequacy or not of the sample size to estimate HIV prevalence rate and according to the sampling method (probabilistic or convenience). Results: We identifi ed 75 studies that estimated the HIV prevalence rate among female sex workers. Most of the studies employed convenience samples. The sample size was not adequate to estimate HIV prevalence rate in 35 studies. Discussion: The use of convenience sample limits statistical inference for the whole group. It was observed that there was an increase in the number of published studies since 2005, as well as in the number of studies that used probabilistic samples. This represents a large advance in the monitoring of risk behavior practices and HIV prevalence rate in this group.

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“…The increasing mobility of persons makes this possibility more likely. Several studies have reported the presence of syphilis in some countries where yaws is endemic (e.g., Papua New Guinea) (306)(307)(308)(309)(310)(311), and it is unclear how the coexistence of venereal and nonvenereal transmission of treponemal infections might affect surveillance and assessment of eradication program success. This topic seems particularly relevant given the facts that patients in remote areas may not have access to sophisticated molecular techniques and that current serological tests are unable to discriminate among the agents of the human treponematoses.…”

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The Endemic Treponematoses

2014

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SUMMARY The agents of human treponematoses include four closely related members of the genus Treponema : three subspecies of Treponema pallidum plus Treponema carateum . T. pallidum subsp. pallidum causes venereal syphilis, while T. pallidum subsp. pertenue , T. pallidum subsp. endemicum , and T. carateum are the agents of the endemic treponematoses yaws, bejel (or endemic syphilis), and pinta, respectively. All human treponematoses share remarkable similarities in pathogenesis and clinical manifestations, consistent with the high genetic and antigenic relatedness of their etiological agents. Distinctive features have been identified in terms of age of acquisition, most common mode of transmission, and capacity for invasion of the central nervous system and fetus, although the accuracy of these purported differences is debated among investigators and no biological basis for these differences has been identified to date. In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially set a goal for yaws eradication by 2020. This challenging but potentially feasible endeavor is favored by the adoption of oral azithromycin for mass treatment and the currently focused distribution of yaws and endemic treponematoses and has revived global interest in these fascinating diseases and their causative agents.

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High Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Female Sex Workers in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea: Correlates and Recommendations

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Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases

Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases

Sampling studies to estimate the HIV prevalence rate in female commercial sex workers

The Endemic Treponematoses

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