Prevention

Treating STDs Unlikely To Help in AIDS Epidemic

Published in AIDS Weekly, October 11th, 1999

Strategies for treating sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are unlikely to substantially reduce the incidence of HIV in mature, generalized, HIV epidemic settings, according to a recent study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

The study, which appeared in the October 1999 issue of AIDS, found that most HIV infection occurs without recognized STD symptoms or treatable STD diagnosis.

Lead author Ronald Gray, MD, MSc, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, said, "The findings suggest that STD infections and genital tract lesions may be causal co-factors for contracting and transmitting HIV at an...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1999-10-11)

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