Results from a cross-sectional sexual and reproductive health study among school girls in Tanzania: high prevalence of bacterial vaginosis.

Suzanna C FrancisChristian Holm HansenJulia IraniAura AndreasenKathy BaisleyVicky JespersTania CrucittiJohn ChangaluchaRichard J HayesSoori NnkoDeborah Watson-JonesAnne Buvé

Published in: Sexually transmitted infections (2018)

Tanzanian girls attending school had a high prevalence of BV. Increasing number of sex partner was associated with BV; however, 19% of girls who reported no penile-vaginal sex had BV. This suggests that penile-vaginal sexual exposure may not be a prerequisite for BV. There was evidence of under-reporting of sexual debut.

Keyphrases

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