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Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes in São Paulo, Brazil
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes. METHODS: An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted including 50 female athletes with mean age of 20±3 years. Colposcopy, pap smear, and polymerase chain reaction for Chlamydia trachomatis, human p...
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Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24728243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082014AO2949 |
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author | de Araujo, Maíta Poli Kleine, Henrique Truffa Parmigiano, Tathiana Rebizzi Gomes, Natalia Tavares Caparroz, Graziela Pascom da Silva, Ismael Dale Cotrim Guerreiro Girão, Manoel João Batista Castello Sartori, Marair Gracio Ferreira |
author_facet | de Araujo, Maíta Poli Kleine, Henrique Truffa Parmigiano, Tathiana Rebizzi Gomes, Natalia Tavares Caparroz, Graziela Pascom da Silva, Ismael Dale Cotrim Guerreiro Girão, Manoel João Batista Castello Sartori, Marair Gracio Ferreira |
author_sort | de Araujo, Maíta Poli |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes. METHODS: An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted including 50 female athletes with mean age of 20±3 years. Colposcopy, pap smear, and polymerase chain reaction for Chlamydia trachomatis, human papillomavirus and Neisseria gonorrhoeae were performed. Blood samples were collected to test for the human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis, hepatitis B and C. The athletes presenting clinical diseases or conditions identifiable by laboratory tests were treated and followed up in the unit. RESULTS: Forty-six percent of the participants were unaware of sexually transmitted diseases. The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases among athletes was 48% (24 cases). Human papillomavirus was the most frequent agent (44%). Considering the human papillomavirus genotypes, subtype 16 was the most prevalent (53%), followed by 11-6 (22%) and 18 (13%). Two athletes tested positive for C. trachomatis. There were no cases diagnosed of infection by N. gonorrhoeae, syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus. However, only 26 athletes had been vaccinated for hepatitis B. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes was high. Primary prevention measures (hepatitis B and human papillomavirus vaccination) and secondary (serology, pap smears) must be offered to this specific group of women. The matter should be further approached in sports. |
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spelling | pubmed-48982362016-08-10 Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes in São Paulo, Brazil de Araujo, Maíta Poli Kleine, Henrique Truffa Parmigiano, Tathiana Rebizzi Gomes, Natalia Tavares Caparroz, Graziela Pascom da Silva, Ismael Dale Cotrim Guerreiro Girão, Manoel João Batista Castello Sartori, Marair Gracio Ferreira Einstein (Sao Paulo) Original Article OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes. METHODS: An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted including 50 female athletes with mean age of 20±3 years. Colposcopy, pap smear, and polymerase chain reaction for Chlamydia trachomatis, human papillomavirus and Neisseria gonorrhoeae were performed. Blood samples were collected to test for the human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis, hepatitis B and C. The athletes presenting clinical diseases or conditions identifiable by laboratory tests were treated and followed up in the unit. RESULTS: Forty-six percent of the participants were unaware of sexually transmitted diseases. The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases among athletes was 48% (24 cases). Human papillomavirus was the most frequent agent (44%). Considering the human papillomavirus genotypes, subtype 16 was the most prevalent (53%), followed by 11-6 (22%) and 18 (13%). Two athletes tested positive for C. trachomatis. There were no cases diagnosed of infection by N. gonorrhoeae, syphilis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and human immunodeficiency virus. However, only 26 athletes had been vaccinated for hepatitis B. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes was high. Primary prevention measures (hepatitis B and human papillomavirus vaccination) and secondary (serology, pap smears) must be offered to this specific group of women. The matter should be further approached in sports. Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4898236/ /pubmed/24728243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082014AO2949 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article de Araujo, Maíta Poli Kleine, Henrique Truffa Parmigiano, Tathiana Rebizzi Gomes, Natalia Tavares Caparroz, Graziela Pascom da Silva, Ismael Dale Cotrim Guerreiro Girão, Manoel João Batista Castello Sartori, Marair Gracio Ferreira Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes in São Paulo, Brazil |
title | Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes in São Paulo, Brazil |
title_full | Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes in São Paulo, Brazil |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes in São Paulo, Brazil |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes in São Paulo, Brazil |
title_short | Prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes in São Paulo, Brazil |
title_sort | prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in female athletes in são paulo, brazil |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898236/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24728243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082014AO2949 |
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