Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and HIV-1 prevalence among five populations of women in the Czech and Slovak Republics.

Background: Five populations at risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the Czech and Slovak Republics were sampled.

Goal: To estimate prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and HIV-1 infections.

Study Design: Urine specimens were collected serially from women at a Prague prenatal clinic (n = 134), a Prague dermatovenerealogy clinic (n = 91), sex workers from northern and central Bohemia (n = 35), students from a northern Bohemian school (n = 217), and Gypsies from Jarovnice, Slovakia (n = 128).