Prevalencia de Chlamydia Trachomatis y Neisseria Gonorrhoeae en tres grupos de mujeres Ecuatorianas de distinta conducta sexual / Prevalence of Chlamydia Trachomatis and Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in three groups of Ecuadorean women with different patterns of sexual behavior

ABSTRACT

In order to examine the relationship between sexual conduct and infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococcus), the prevalence of these two microorganisms was studied in three groups of Ecuadorean women with different patterns of sexual behavior 116 prostitutes, 136 women from Borbon Parish who had numerous sexual partners, and 61 pregnant women who had sexual relations with only one partner. The prevalence of infection from one or both of the agents was 53.4 percent in the prostitutes (n=62), 34.5 percent in the women from Brobon (n=47), and 1.6. in the pregnant women (n=1). These results bear out the relationship between sexual behavior and risk of sexually transmitted disease