Age is no bar to sexually acquired infection.
Two hundred and forty-two patients aged 60 years or over attended genito-urinary clinics in Nottingham and Leicester (England) in a 2-year period. Sixty-nine per cent of men and 53% of women were sexually active and 58 were found to have sexually transmitted diseases.
Rogstad
K E
KE
Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, City Hospital, Nottingham.
Bignell
C J
CJ
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000209:etiology*