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The presence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) influences the clinical pattern of STIs and the course of disease too.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective:<\/jats:title>\n Our study was conducted to find the prevalence of STIs among attendees of a designated STI\/RTI clinic (DSRC) with the description of clinico-demographic profile and sexual behaviour and association of HIV seropositivity with STIs.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n Ours was an institution-based cross-sectional study conducted at DSRC after obtaining ethics committee approval and consent from patients. Clinical diagnosis, demographic profile and sexual history were obtained after maintaining audio-visual privacy.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Statistical Analysis:<\/jats:title>\n Medcalc, version 10.2 was used.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n Among 167 patients attending DSRC during the study period, 76 having sexual dysfunctions were excluded. The major STIs diagnosed were primary syphilis (6.59%), secondary syphilis (2.2%), herpes genitalis (42.86%), condyloma acuminata (26.37%), molluscum contagiosum (5.49%), genital candidiasis (7.69%), bowenoid papulosis (3.3%), genital scabies (4.4%) and chancroid (1.1%). Sexual orientations were heterosexual (64.83%), lesbian (1.1%), gay (12.1%), bisexual (17.58%) and with an animal partner (4.4%). Among the total study population, 8.8% was rapid plasma reagin (RPR) reactive and 12.1% was Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) reactive. Among the total patients who used condoms (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 49), only 15 (16.4% of total participants) used condoms correctly and consistently. Peno-vaginal mode of intercourse (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 78) was found to be most common followed by oro-insertive (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 42), oro-receptive (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 34), ano-insertive (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 24), ano-receptive (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 17) and digital insertion (\n n<\/jats:italic>\n = 20).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n Sexual behaviour influences the disease outcome in patients with reproductive tract infection (RTI)\/STI.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/ijd.ijd_69_22","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,26]],"date-time":"2022-09-26T05:21:44Z","timestamp":1664169704000},"page":"312","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Clinico-Demographic Profile and Sexual Behaviour Pattern in Attendees of Designated STI\/RTI Clinic Having Sexually Transmitted Infections with Special Reference to HIV 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