Randomized controlled trial of concurrent hepatitis A and B vaccination.

Hepatitis A and B viruses are threats to deployed military forces. The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of concurrent vaccination against hepatitis A and B viruses. One hundred five healthy persons, 20 to 49 years of age and without serologic markers to hepatitis A or B viruses, were randomized to receive an inactivated hepatitis A vaccine (HEP A; 25 units in 0.

Syndromic approach to detection of gonococcal and chlamydial infections among female sex workers in two Philippine cities.

Background: In many developing countries, STD control efforts often involve registration and periodic examinations of female sex workers (FSW). Non-availability of sensitive and specific diagnostic tests frequently constrain this approach.

Methods: A model for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gonorrhoeae in FSW on the basis of risk assessment and examination was developed from data gathered in Manila and evaluated in a second city (Cebu) in the Republic of the Philippines.

Hepatitis B vaccine booster dose: low-dose recombinant hepatitis B vaccines as a booster dose.

Background: The timing and best regimen for a booster dose of hepatitis B vaccine have not been determined.

Methods: Two studies were conducted to determine the response to a booster dose of 5 micrograms recombinant hepatitis B vaccine. In the first study, a 5 micrograms (0.

STDS in women attending family planning clinics: a case study in Addis Ababa.

For cultural reasons modern contraception has been slow to gain acceptance in Ethiopia. Knowledge about contraception and abortion is still limited in many family and community settings in which it is socially disapproved. By 1990 only 4% of Ethiopian females aged 15-49 used contraception.

Molecular epidemiology, in 1994, of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Manila and Cebu City, Republic of the Philippines.

Background And Objectives: Failure of gonococcal infections to respond to 500 mg of ciprofloxacin or 400 mg of ofloxacin has been reported from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Recently, high rates of decreased susceptibility to the fluoroquinolones have been detected in penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the Republic of the Philippines.

Goals: To assess the diversity of antimicrobial-resistant gonococcal strains isolated from female sex workers in Manila and Cebu City in the Republic of the Philippines in 1994.