STD coinfection and reinfection following HIV diagnosis: evidence of continued sexual risk behavior.
In 2004, 424 incident cases of HIV were reported to Baltimore City Health Department. Of them, 53 (12.5%) cases were diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease following HIV diagnosis. The factors that were statistically significantly associated with coinfection were being a man who has sex with men, commercial sex work, and age under 25 years.
Baltimore City Health Department, Bureau of HIV/STD Prevention, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA. christian.hague@baltimorecity.gov
John Christian
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D000328:Adult; D015142:Baltimore / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D060085:Coinfection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006678:HIV / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D060386:Sex Workers; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult