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Sex Transm Infect 76:39-42 doi:10.1136/sti.76.1.39

Sexually transmitted infections and HIV in a rural community in the Lesotho highlands

Table 1

Prevalence of STDs by sex

Women Men
STD Sample No infected % 95% CI Sample No infected % 95% CI
Chlamydia trachomatis 245 71 29 23.3–34.7 59 16 27.1 15.8–38.5
Gonorrhoea 245 17 6.9 3.8–10.1 59 1 1.7 0.0–4.9
RPR and TPHA+ve 190 22 11.6 7.0–16.1 45 5 10.9 1.9–19.8
RPR−ve, TPHA+ve 190 42 22.2 16.0–28.3 45 8 17.8 6.6–28.9
HIV 197 14 7.1 3.5–10.7 45 1 2.4 0.0–7.2

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