Table 3 |
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Trend by age groups of laboratory confirmed STIs/RTIs among pregnant women in Moshi urban, 1999–2004 |
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STI/RTI |
15–24 years |
25–49 years |
Total |
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Number of participants |
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1999 |
78 |
98 |
176 |
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2002–04 |
1467 |
1187 |
2654 |
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HSV-2 |
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1999 |
26.9% |
41.8% |
35.2% |
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2002–04 |
28.9% |
38.8% |
33.5% ↔ |
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Syphilis |
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1999 |
1.3% |
5.1% |
3.4% |
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2002–04 |
0.5% |
1.3% |
0.9% ↓ |
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Gonorrhoea |
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1999 |
1.3% |
0.0% |
0.6% |
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2002–04 |
0.6% |
0.4% |
0.5% ↔ |
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Trichomoniasis |
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1999 |
26.0% |
21.4% |
23.4% |
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2002–04 |
5.4% |
4.6% |
5.0% ↓ |
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Bacterial vaginosis |
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1999 |
26.0% |
35.7% |
31.4% |
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2002–04 |
23.4% |
17.7% |
20.9% ↓ |
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Any curable STI/RTI† |
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1999 |
41.6% |
51.0% |
46.9% |
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2002–04 |
27.2% |
21.7% |
24.7% ↓ |
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† Syphilis, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis. ↓ significant decrease in prevalence; ↔ no change in prevalence. |
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Msuya et al. Reproductive Health 2009 6:4 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-6-4 |
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