{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,17]],"date-time":"2026-03-17T22:16:28Z","timestamp":1773785788691,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2000,1,1]],"date-time":"2000-01-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":946684800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/3.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["onlinelibrary.wiley.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2001,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:p><jats:italic>Background:<\/jats:italic> Epidemiological data suggest that the prevalence of syphilis, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis has\nincreased in both urban and rural areas of Mongolia. These data are primarily substantiated by notifications of cases\nof clinically apparent disease in both rural and urban areas, plus laboratory diagnoses from the AIDS\/STD Reference\nCenter,Ulaanbaatar. In the past 5 years, however, there has been a marked decline in the total number of patients\nbeing screened for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). An assessment of true prevalence of STIs in a female\npopulation attending an urban sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic was therefore commenced.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Methods:<\/jats:italic> Consecutivewomen attending an STD clinic in Ulaanbaatar had genital samples collected by the insertion\nand immediate removal of a tampon, which was then tested for the presence of <jats:italic>Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic> ,\n<jats:italic>Chlamydia trachomatis<\/jats:italic>, human papillomavirus (HPV) and <jats:italic>Trichomonas vaginalis<\/jats:italic> , using polymerase chain reaction\n(PCR) amplification.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Results:<\/jats:italic> A total of 110 women were studied (mean age 26.7 years). Overall, 58 (53%) patients had one or more\npathogens identified; 43 (39%) had a single pathogen, while 15 (14%) had mixed pathogens. <jats:italic>C. trachomatis<\/jats:italic> was\nfound in 15 (14%), <jats:italic>N. gonorrhoeae<\/jats:italic> in 12 (11%), <jats:italic>T. vaginalis<\/jats:italic> in nine (8%) and HPV in 39 (36%). Among the 39\nHPV\u2010positive patients, oncogenic genotypes (16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52) were found in 17 (44%) patients.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Conclusions:<\/jats:italic> Sexually transmitted infections as defined by PCR were common, and found in 53%of female\nattendees of an urban STD clinic in Mongolia. As infections with conventional STIs increase the risk of human\nimmunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, it is imperative that strategies be introduced to reduce the prevalence\nof STIs. Furthermore, detection of oncogenic HPV was common, indicating that it is vital that a strategy to reduce\ncervical cancer such as a pre\u2010cancer cervical cytology screening program also be introduced.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/s1064744901000254","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,3,7]],"date-time":"2007-03-07T13:08:38Z","timestamp":1173272918000},"page":"143-146","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections (<i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae<\/i>, <i>Chlamydia trachomatis<\/i>, <i>Trichomonasvaginalis<\/i> and Human Papillomavirus) in Female Attendees of aSexually Transmitted Diseases Clinic in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Suzanne M.","family":"Garland","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sepehr N.","family":"Tabrizi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shujun","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chultemsuren","family":"Byambaa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Khalzan","family":"Davaajav","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2001,5,28]]},"container-title":["Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/idog\/2001\/527868.pdf","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"http:\/\/downloads.hindawi.com\/journals\/idog\/2001\/527868.xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1155\/S1064744901000254","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,7]],"date-time":"2024-08-07T20:01:18Z","timestamp":1723060878000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1155\/S1064744901000254"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2001,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2001,1]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1155\/S1064744901000254"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1155\/s1064744901000254","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1064-7449"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1064-7449","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2001,1]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2001-04-23","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2001-05-28","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2001-05-28","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}]}}