Document 0214
 DOCN  M9460214
 TI    Sexually transmitted diseases in the tropics.
 DT    9404
 AU    Perine PL; University of Washington Center for AIDS/STD, Seattle 98122.
 SO    Med J Aust. 1994 Mar 21;160(6):358-63,366. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94180833
 AB    Several sexually transmitted diseases are endemic in the tropics. The
       morbidity and mortality from the human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1
       and HIV-2) alone now rival that caused by Plasmodium falciparum malaria
       in several African and Asian nations. The genital ulcers of chancroid
       and syphilis facilitate the sexual transmission of HIV. Within the last
       two decades, the bacteria causing chancroid and gonorrhoea throughout
       the world have acquired plasmids that mediate bacterial resistance to
       penicillins and other antibiotics. This has significantly increased the
       costs of treatment. There is little prospect that the prevalence of
       gonorrhoea, chancroid, syphilis and HIV will decrease in the tropics in
       the near future without a global change in sexual behaviours and
       practices.
 DE    Female  Gonorrhea/DRUG THERAPY/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  HIV-1  HIV-2  Male  *Sexually
       Transmitted Diseases/DRUG THERAPY/EPIDEMIOLOGY/  TRANSMISSION  *Tropical
       Medicine  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, TUTORIAL

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