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).

HIV infection and high risk behavior among patients attending an STD referral clinic in Prague, Czech Republic.

Objective: This survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of HIV infection and associated risk behaviour in a high risk population of clients attending an STD clinic in Prague, Czech Republic.

Methods: Between September 1994 and January 1995, clients entering the Apolinar STD clinic in Prague, Czech Republic, were enrolled in a blinded, unlinked HIV antibody seroprevalence study. Non-identifying demographic characteristics, STD diagnoses, HIV risk exposures, and voluntary HIV testing experience were extracted from medical charts.