title: Sexually transmitted disease among women attending a family planning clinic in Zaria, Nigeria.
abstract: Three types of sexually transmitted infections were investigated among 150 family planning clients using different methods of contraception and 50 controls. For oral contraception, intrauterine contraceptive device, medroxyprogesterone acetate (depo-provera) and controls, the incidence of trichomonas was 0%, 6%, 8% and 4%; for gonorrhoea it was 0%, 8%, 2% and 6%; for syphilis it was 4%, 34%, 16% and 12%. Only the difference in prevalence of syphilis among intrauterine contraceptive users and control was statistically significant (P less than 0.3).
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Nsofor
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Bello
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Ekwempu
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014245:Trichomonas Infections / Q000453:epidemiology