Syndromes Associated with Sexually Transmitted Infections in Lilongwe, Malawi: Burden and Trends, 2006 to 2015

Mitch Matoga; Jane S Chen; Evaristar Kudowa; Gift Kamanga; Clement Mapanje; Cecilia Massa; Beatrice Ndalama; Naomi Bonongwe; Naomi Nyirenda; Esther Mathiya; Edward Jere; Edith Ngoma; Maganizo Chagomerana; Sam Phiri; Kimberly A Powers; William C Miller; Myron S Cohen; Irving F Hoffman

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001278

Syndromes Associated with Sexually Transmitted Infections in Lilongwe, Malawi: Burden and Trends, 2006 to 2015

Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Jun 1;48(6):e68-e72. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001278.

Authors

Mitch Matoga¹, Jane S Chen², Evaristar Kudowa¹, Gift Kamanga³, Clement Mapanje¹, Cecilia Massa¹, Beatrice Ndalama¹, Naomi Bonongwe¹, Naomi Nyirenda¹, Esther Mathiya¹, Edward Jere¹, Edith Ngoma¹, Maganizo Chagomerana¹, Sam Phiri⁴, Kimberly A Powers², William C Miller⁵, Myron S Cohen⁶, Irving F Hoffman⁶

Affiliations

¹ From the UNC Project, Lilongwe, Malawi.
² Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health Chapel Hill, NC.
³ FHI 360, Monrovia, Liberia.
⁴ The Lighthouse Trust, Lilongwe, Malawi.
⁵ Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

PMID: 32925596
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001278

Abstract

Monitoring the burden of and trends in sexually transmitted infection syndromes is useful in informing syndromic management guidelines. Among sexually transmitted infection clinic patients in Lilongwe, Malawi, between 2006 and 2015, genital discharge, lower abdominal pain, and genital ulcer syndromes were common. Prevalence of most syndromes remained stable during the 10-year period.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Malawi / epidemiology
Prevalence
Sexually Transmitted Diseases* / epidemiology
Syndrome
Ulcer