Document 0692
 DOCN  M9490692
 TI    Incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among massage parlour
       employees in Bangkok, Thailand.
 DT    9411
 AU    Bonhomme MG; Rojanapithayakorn W; Feldblum PJ; Rosenberg MJ; Centers for
       Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333.
 SO    Int J STD AIDS. 1994 May-Jun;5(3):214-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94339227
 AB    The results of a study of sexually transmitted disease (STD) incidence
       and related risk factors for STDs among uninfected women at high risk of
       contracting STD infection in Bangkok are reported. Comprising the
       control arm of a randomized controlled trial of a vaginal contraceptive
       sponge and STD incidence, 163 women aged 18 or older were recruited from
       4 massage parlours and followed for evidence of new infections over a
       6-week period or until cervical infection occurred. Gynaecological
       examinations were performed and endocervical specimens were obtained at
       weekly intervals, at which time women returned coital logs recording
       their number of sexual partners. There were 76.5 new STD infections per
       100 woman-months, including 31.7 with gonorrhoea, 43.1 with chlamydia,
       1.8 of trichomoniasis and 3.5 of candidiasis. None of the risk factors
       examined were good predictors of STD infection in this population, which
       may be related to the restricted admission criteria in the study.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  Chlamydia trachomatis  Chlamydia
       Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Contraceptive Devices, Female  Female
       Gonorrhea/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  Incidence  Massage  *Prostitution  Risk
       Factors  Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Support, U.S.
       Gov't, Non-P.H.S.  Thailand/EPIDEMIOLOGY  CLINICAL TRIAL  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE  RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

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