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- Review Article The Relationship between Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Transmission
- Sung Dae Kim, Dong Wan Sohn, Seung-Ju Lee, Sae Woong Kim, Yong-Hyun Cho
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인체면역결핍바이러스 전파와 성전파성 질환과의 관계 - 김성대, 손동완, 이승주, 김세웅, 조용현
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Urogenital Tract Infection 2007;2(2):157-166.
Published online: October 31, 2007
From the Department of Urology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Abstract
More than 42 million people worldwide are now infected with HIV, in spite of sustained prevention activities. Although the spread of HIV has been primarily sexual, epidemiological studies have indicated that the efficiency of the spread of HIV is poor, perhaps as infrequently as 1 in every 1,000 episodes of sexual intercourse. However, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that cause ulcers or inflammation greatly increase the efficiency of HIV transmission by increasing both the infectiousness of, and the susceptibility to HIV infection. STDs might be particularly important in the early stages of a localized HIV epidemic, when people with risky sexual behaviour are most likely to become infected. In China, eastern Europe and Russia, there has been a remarkable increase in the incidence of STDs in recent years, and this is reflected in the rapid increase in the spread of HIV in these areas. Targeted STDs detection and treatment should have a central role in HIV prevention in these emerging epidemics.
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