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Sexually Transmitted Disease
Reports from J. Todd and colleagues advance knowledge in sexually transmitted disease
May 5th, 2009
In this recent report, researchers in Entebbe, Uganda conducted a study "To compare reported numbers of sexual partners in Eastern and Southern Africa. Sexual partnership data from four longitudinal population-based surveys (1998-2007) in Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa were aggregated and overall proportions reporting more than one lifetime sexual partner calculated." "A lexis-style table was used to illustrate the average lifetime sexual partners by site, sex, age group and birth cohort. The male-to-female ratio of mean number of partnerships in the last 12 months was calculated by site and survey. For each single year of age, the proportion sexually active in the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-05)
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