[Prevalence of the HIV infection and five other sexually-transmitted infections among sex workers in Niamey, Niger].
We performed a systematic screening of HIV infection and five other sexually transmitted infections on a consecutive sample of 529 female sex workers from Niamey. HIV seroprevalence rate was 30.1%, with HIV-1 profile in 93.1% of the cases. For curable STI, 4.7% of women had treponematosis, 7% gonorrhoea, 16.8% Gardnerella vaginalis, 36.9% Mycoplasma hominis and 68.2% Chlamydia trachomatis infection. The percentage of women with at least one STI was significantly higher in HIV positive's: 95.6% against 87.9%. Only 7.9% of women were free of any infection.
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Faculté des sciences de la santé, Université Abdou Moumouni, BP 237, Niamey, Niger. saidou_mamadou@yahoo.fr
Laouel Kader
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Rabiou
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Aboubacar
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Soumana
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Garba
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Delaporte
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Mboup
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009548:Niger; D015995:Prevalence; D011477:Sex Work; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*