Sexual mixing patterns of patients attending sexually transmitted diseases clinics
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Heterosexual persons contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) appear to be more likely to have more partners than the general population. However, they also have relationships with persons more representative of the general population. Researchers evaluated the partnership histories for the prior three months from several hundred heterosexual men and women between ages 14 and 25 who were at high risk for STDs by virtue of either having the symptoms of an STD or a partner diagnosed with an STD. Results were analyzed and compared with results from a large national survey of a randomly chosen population sample. Persons at high risk for STDs were more likely to report having more sexual partners than would be expected on average. However, many of their partners reported no other contacts. This means a more sexually active subset of the population maintains a high prevalence rate of STDs from which STDs are disseminated into the wider population.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1996
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Contact tracing and the estimation of sexual mixing patterns: the epidemiology of gonococcal infections
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An increased incidence of gonorrhea within different communities may be caused by a group of individuals who change sexual partners frequently. A study used mathematical models to analyze sexual contact within and between individuals who changed sexual partners frequently (core group) and individuals who did not (non-core group) in different communities. Sexual contact between individuals in the core group may be responsible for the spread of and persistence of gonorrhea within different urban communities. Individuals in the core group may have little sexual contact with members of the non-core group in communities with a high incidence of gonorrhea. Efforts should be made to educate individuals who change sexual partners frequently about the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1993
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Risk factors for urethritis in heterosexual men: the role of fellatio and other sexual practices
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Oral sex does not appear to increase the risk for acquiring nonchlamydial nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) in men. Medical records of 4,848 sexually active male patients at a sexually transmitted disease clinic were studied to identify risk factors associated with NGU. Men with multiple sex partners in the previous two months and African-American males were more likely to be infected with NGU. Men who consistently used condoms were less likely to be infected with NGU, chlamydia, or gonorrhea.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1997
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