title: First coitus before menarche and risk of sexually transmitted disease.
abstract: The prevalence of sexually transmitted disease (STD), pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and cervical cancer, and the relation between these conditions were studied in 2111 Ethiopian women. Early sexual activity was associated with an increase in prevalence rates of STD and PID; possible aetiological factors include physical and immunological immaturity of the female genital tract and the number of sexual partners.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Edinburgh University, UK.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tibaux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pelzer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reimann
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Peutherer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simmonds
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jamil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daroughar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003075:Coitus; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008572:Menarche; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000276:immunology; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial