Prevalence of asymptomatic urethritis by Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae and associated risk factors among males living with HIV-1

Prevalence of asymptomatic urethritis by Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae and associated risk factors among males living with HIV-1

ABSTRACT Objectives The increase in HIV transmissibility in non-ulcerative sexually transmitted infection is already well-established. It is estimated that symptomatic carriers of N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis have a relative risk of 4.8-fold and 3.6-fold, respectively, for the sexual acquisit...

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Main Authors: Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva, Heloisa Loureiro de Sá Neves Motta, Erik Friedrich Alex de Souza, Pedro Afonso Nogueira Moises Cardoso, José Henrique Pilotto, Walter Araujo Eyer-Silva, Luiz Cláudio Pereira Ribeiro, Mônica Soares dos Santos, Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes de Azevedo, Jorge Francisco da Cunha Pinto, Rogerio Neves Motta, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-03-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
HIV
AIDS
Urethritis
Chlamydia trachomatis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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