Abstract
Background: Sexual partner concurrency (PC) has been shown to be a risk factor for a number of sexually transmitted infections but it is unknown if it is a risk factor for Trichomonas vaginalis (TV).
Objective: We assess if there is an association between PC and incident TV infection.
Study Design: We used mixed effects logistic regression to assess the association between PC and incident TV in the Longitudinal Study of Vaginal Flora, a cohort study of 3620 women followed quarterly for 5 visits.
Results: Trichomonas vaginalis was more common in those reporting definite/possible/unknown PC (15.6%/15.0%/18.3%) than those reporting no PC (5.2%; P <0.001 for all 3 comparisons). After controlling for a range of confounders, incident TV remained associated with reporting that one's partner definitely (adjusted odds ratio, 5.4; 95% confidence interval, 3.7-8.0) and possibly (adjusted odds ratio, 3.4; 95% confidence interval, 2.2-5.1) engaged in PC in the preceding period.
Conclusions: Partner concurrency was associated with incident TV infection.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Pages (from-to) | 695-699 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISSN | 0148-5717 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Keywords
- SIMPLEX-VIRUS TYPE-2
- SEXUALLY-TRANSMITTED DISEASES
- BACTERIAL-VAGINOSIS
- UNITED-STATES
- RISK-FACTORS
- GRAM STAIN
- INFECTION
- PREVALENCE
- WOMEN
- HIV
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