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Volume 7, Number 6—December 2001

Synopsis

Trichomonas vaginalis, HIV, and African-Americans

Frank Sorvillo*Comments to Author , Lisa Smith*, Peter Kerndt†, and Lawrence Ash*
Author affiliations: *University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California;; †Department of Health Services, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California

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Table 3

Studies comparing the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection with that of other sexually transmitted infections among black women in the United States

Year City (ref) Trichomonas (%) Chlamydia (%) Gonorrhea(%)
1996 New York (18) 51 9 5
1994 New York (22) 27 7 2
1994 New York (23) 20 15 no data
1992 Baltimore (24) 26 21 14
1990-94 New York (37) 22 6 1
1985 San Francisco (29) 28 25 no data

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