Epidemiology of gonococcal vulvovaginitis among children in the tropics.
In a three-year prospective clinical study, 42 children aged between 1 and 12 years were found to have gonococcal vulvovaginitis. Epidemiological investigations showed that contaminated fomites--particularly bedclothing, underclothing, and towels--and precocious sexual intercourse were the important vehicles of transmission of gonococci to the genital tract of these children.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009549:Nigeria; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014848:Vulvovaginitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission