'Dry sex' and HIV infection among women attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in Lusaka, Zambia.

Objectives: To describe 'dry sex' practices intended to decrease vaginal secretions and to determine whether these practices are related to HIV infection.

Subjects And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in a teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia. The subjects comprised 329 women aged 15-50 years presenting consecutively for an initial evaluation of sexually transmitted disease symptoms.