2004
Marginal validity of syndromic management for reproductive tract infections among pregnant women in Jamaica
Hylton-Kong T, Brathwaite AR, Del Rosario GR, Kristensen S, Kamara P, Jolly PE, Hook EW, Figueroa JP, Vermund SH. Marginal validity of syndromic management for reproductive tract infections among pregnant women in Jamaica. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2004, 15: 371-375. PMID: 15186580, DOI: 10.1258/095646204774195209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReproductive tract infectionsSyndromic managementPregnant womenAntenatal clinicTract infectionsSyndromic case management approachAntenatal care facilitiesHigh-risk womenAffordable diagnostic testsPositive predictive valueCase management approachAntenatal attendersClinical algorithmClinical careCare facilitiesPredictive valueJamaican womenDiagnostic testsLaboratory supportWomenClinicInfectionLow sensitivityCervicitisCandidiasis
1996
Declining Prevalence of Cervicovaginal Human Papillomavirus Infection With Age Is Independent of Other Risk Factors
BURK R, KELLY P, FELDMAN J, BROMBERG J, VERMUND S, DEHOVITZ J, LANDESMAN S. Declining Prevalence of Cervicovaginal Human Papillomavirus Infection With Age Is Independent of Other Risk Factors. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 1996, 23: 333-341. PMID: 8836027, DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199607000-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of HPVHuman papillomavirus infectionHPV infectionPapillomavirus infectionRisk factorsCervicovaginal human papillomavirus infectionGenital HPV infectionCervical HPV infectionWomen 45 yearsFemale genital tractLogistic regression analysisYears of ageSexual behaviorInner-city womenAge-dependent declineHPV immunityHPV prevalenceCervical diseaseCervicovaginal cellsGenital tractLow prevalenceOlder womenSex partnersYounger ageBiologic effects