Open AccessSexually Transmitted Infection Prevalence Among Women at Risk for HIV Exposure Initiating Safer Conception Care in Rural, Southwestern Uganda
Author(s) -
Pooja Chitneni,
Mwebesa Bosco Bwana,
Moran Owembabazi,
Kasey O’Neil,
Paul Kato Kalyebara,
Winnie Muyindike,
Nicholas Musinguzi,
David R. Bangsberg,
Jeanne Marrazzo,
Jessica Haberer,
Angela Kaida,
Lynn T. Matthews
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000001197
Subject(s) - medicine , gonorrhea , trichomoniasis , chlamydia , syphilis , serostatus , odds ratio , pre exposure prophylaxis , condom , gynecology , interquartile range , demography , obstetrics , family medicine , men who have sex with men , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , viral load , sociology
Knowledge of sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence and risk factors is important to the development of tenofovir-based preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and safer conception programming. We introduced STI screening among women at risk for HIV exposure who were participating in a safer conception study in southwestern Uganda.