title: The prevalence of sexually transmitted disease agents in pregnant women in Suva.
abstract: Routine testing of 440 women (257 Fijians, 183 Indians) at the first antenatal attendance identified Chlamydia trachomatis in 50% of Fijians and 38% of Indians; the seropositivity rates for syphilis were 14.2% and 1.7% respectively, and the isolation rates for N. gonorrhoeae were 3.1% in Fijians and 1.1% in Indians.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005367:Fiji; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014246:Trichomonas vaginalis / Q000302:isolation & purification