title: Community based survey of STD/HIV infection among commercial sex-workers in Calcutta (India). Part-III: Clinical findings of sexually transmitted diseases (STD).
abstract: On physical examination of 418 sex workers, 202 (48.32 per cent) were found to have vaginal discharge, which was found to be most common among younger age class. Endocervical pus, genital ulcer, and swelling of inguinal lymph glands were observed in 13.16, 6.22 and 1.91 per cent of the sex workers respectively. Clinically 16.51, 15.31, 11.96 and 4.78 per cent were found to suffer from candidiasis, trichomoniasis, cervicitis and syphilis respectively.
authors.affiliation: All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jana
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Khodakevich
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Pal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D010808:Physical Examination; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D011477:Sex Work; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014504:Urban Health