The epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in China: implications for control and future perspectives

Chen, Xiang-Sheng; Peeling, Rosanna W; Yin, Yue-Ping; Mabey, David C

doi:10.1186/1741-7015-9-111

Table 2 Prevalence of chlamydia, gonorrhoeae, and herpes simplex virus type 2 infections in different subgroups

From: The epidemic of sexually transmitted infections in China: implications for control and future perspectives

Study	Study year	Study location	Population ^a	Sample size	Prevalence (%)^b
					CT	NG	HSV-2
Jin × et al. [29]	2008	Kaiyuan	Urban FSWs	568	17.4	8.3
Wang H et al. [30]	2006	Kaiyuan	Urban FSWs	737	25.9	8.3	68.1
Chen XS et al. [31]	2006	Shenzhen	Urban FSWs	70	25.7
Ngo TD et al. [49]	2008^c	Kunming	Urban FSWs	500			33.0
van den Hoek A et al. [32]	1998 to 1999	Guangzhou	Urban FSW	966	32.2	8.8
Xu JJ et al. [33]	2006	Gejiu	Rural FSWs	96	46.3	36.8	70.8
Chen XS et al. [27]	1999 to 2000	Kunming	FREC FSWs	505	58.6	37.8	65.1
Chen XS et al. [31]	2006	Shenzhen	FREC FSWs	547	10.8
Jiang J et al. [34]	2003	Multiple cities	MSM	112	8.0	2.7	7.8
Feng Y et al. [28]	2007	Chengdu	MSM	513			28.1
Li JH et al. [35]	2008 to 2009	Shenzhen	MSM (rectal site)	131	24.4	0
	2008-2009	Shenzhen	MSM (urethral site)	131	5.3	1.5
He N et al. [36, 50]	2005^c, 2009^c	Shanghai	Male rural migrants	1, 086	1.0	0.5	5.5
Wang W et al. [37]	1999 to 2000	Multiple cities	Male migrants	234	1.8	0
			Male urban non-migrants	1, 095	2.2	0
			Male rural non-migrants	359	2.1	0
			Female migrants	198	4.8	0.2
			Female urban non-migrants	1184	5.1	0.3
			Female rural non-migrants	355	1.6	0
Wu Z et al. [38]	2007^c	Fuzhou	Male market vendors	2, 132	6.3	0.6	4.7
			Female market vendors	2, 378	11.2	1.4	8.2
Detels R et al. [39]	2003^c	Eastern China	Male market vendors	617	5.4	0.8	6.4
			Female market vendors	699	13.1	1.2	12.0
Chen XS et al. [40]	1999 to 2000	Tongling	Truck drivers	550	10.6	8.1	4.4
Zhang GL et al. [41]	2006	Gejie	Male miners	1, 796	4.8	0.8	9.6
Xu JJ et al. [33]	2006	Gejiu	Male miners	339	6.5	2.1	14.9
Chen XS et al. [42, 51]	2002	Fuzhou	Urban pregnant women	504	10.1	0.8	10.8
Shi XB et al. [43]	2001^c	Changsha	Urban pregnant women	72	13.9
Li JM et al. [52]	2004 to 2006	Southern China	Pregnant women	1, 740			23.6
Parish WL et al. [44]	1999 to 2000	Multiple cities	Community men	1, 688	2.6	0.02
	1999 to 2000	Multiple cities	Community women	1, 738	2.1	0.08

^a FSWs, female sex workers; MSM, men who have sex with men; FREC, female sex workers at re-education center.
^b CT, Chlamydia trachomatis infection detected by nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT); NG, Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection detected by NAAT; HSV-2, herpes simplex virus type 2 infection detected by enzyme Immunoassay (EIA).
^c This is the study was reported as the study year was not reported in the paper.

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