title: [Sexually transmitted diseases and sterility in black Africa].
abstract: It is in Africa that sterility of infectious etiology is prevalent: 75% to 85% of female sterility, primary as well as secondary, are the consequence of a pelvic infection. This picture is explained by the high prevalence of genital infections caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and by Chlamydia trachomatis in a sanitary under-developed environment. Frequency of such sterilities is such as fecundity rates are significantly reduced.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Marseille.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bourgeade
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mouquet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cathebras
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Maladies sexuellement transmissibles et stérilités en Afrique noire.