Human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted diseases in Cuban women

• Published in: Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 11; no. 9; pp. 764 - 767
• Main Authors: Rodríguez, M.E., Llop, A., Capó, V., Kourí, V., Resik, S., Rojas, L., Soto, Y., Muné, M., Rodríguez, I., Hengge, U.R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2005; Blackwell Science Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases of the genital system; Biological and medical sciences; Comorbidity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cuba; Cuba - epidemiology; Epidemiology. Vaccinations; Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; General aspects; Hepatitis B - epidemiology; Hepatitis C - epidemiology; hepatitis virus; HIV Seropositivity - epidemiology; Human bacterial diseases; human immunodeficiency virus; human papillomavirus; Humans; Infectious diseases; Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Other diseases. Semiology; Papillomaviridae; Papillomavirus Infections - epidemiology; Prevalence; sexually transmitted disease; Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology; syphilis; Syphilis - epidemiology; Central America; Cuba; America; West Indies; sexually transmitted disease; human immunodeficiency virus; Cuba; syphilis; hepatitis virus; human papillomavirus; Human; Retroviridae; Hepatic disease; Papovaviridae; Lentivirus; Treponematosis; Infection; Papillomavirus; Virus; Hepatitis; Human papillomavirus; Sexually transmitted disease; Spirochaetosis; Syphilis; Bacteriosis; Digestive diseases; Female; Human immunodeficiency virus; Woman
• ISSN: 1198-743X; 1469-0691
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01209.x

A cross-sectional study was performed in 60 Cuban women of child-bearing age who were sero-positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 60 controls. Human papillomavirus (HPV) was identified most frequently, with oncogenic HPV serotypes 16, 33 and 58 detected in HIV-positive patients, and serotypes 11, 33 and 51 in the controls (relative risk 4.41; 95% CI 2.21– 8.29). Syphilis and hepatitis B and C viruses were detected exclusively in HIV-sero-positive women (p < 0.05). Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) appeared to pose a substantial health problem, especially for HIV-positive women. Clinics should consider screening and treatment for STDs as part of their HIV prevention programmes.