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Sexually transmitted diseases in Bauchi,Nigeria |
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| Authors: | PTE Ozoh PU Atenaga |
| Institution: | 1. Biology Programme , A.T.B. University , P.M.B. 0248, Bauchi, Nigeria;2. Biological Sciences Department, School of Science , Federal University of Technology , Owerri, Imo State, P.M.B. 1526, Nigeria;3. Biology Programme , A.T.B. University , P.M.B. 0248, Bauchi, Nigeria |
| Abstract: | Sexually transmitted diseases pose a health threat to families, society and the nation but there is no report of these diseases to help health planners in Bauchi. Medical records were examined from 1983 to 1988 in two major health institutions, the University Medical Centre and the Specialist Hospital to determine the extent and types of these diseases in Bauchi. Urethritis, syphilis, candidiasis, pelvic inflammatory diseases, trichomoniasis were very common. Gonorrhoea was the least reported disease. The cases of syphilis reported at the Specialist Hospital nearly doubled from 111 in 1983 to 214 in 1988, urethritis increased from 141 to 232. In the University Medical Centre, all reported cases of sexually transmitted diseases decreased from 1983 to 1988. Data analysis of cases common to the Specialist Hospital and the University Medical Centre gave no significant difference between the institutions at the 95% level of confidence. |
| Keywords: | sexually transmitted diseases incidence urethritis syphilis candidiasis pelvic inflammatory disease Trichomonas vaginalis |