Reduced semen quality and risk behaviour amongst men consulting a referral STD clinic.
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and infertility are public health challenges that continue to represent a high demand and costly adult medical care conditions in most developing countries. Few studies address strategies for prevention of infertility secondary to STDs through behavioural change and early and prompt STD treatment. A prospective cohort design was used to study the effects of urogenital infection on semen quality in consenting consecutive subjects that presented with chronic or recurrent sexually transmitted diseases. Health seeking behavioural correlates and socio-economic variables were compared between index subjects at a genito-urinary referral clinic and those that presented with non-STD conditions at a referral polyclinic.
Mbizvo
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Avondale, Harare.
Danso
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AP
Tswana
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S
Bassett
M
M
Marowa
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E
Mbengeranwa
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L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012661:Semen; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors