Sexually transmitted diseases among prostitutes and other sexual offenders Article

Conrad, GL, Kleris, GS, Rush, B et al. (1981). Sexually transmitted diseases among prostitutes and other sexual offenders . Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 8(4), 241-244. 10.1097/00007435-198110000-00001

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  • Conrad, GL; Kleris, GS; Rush, B; Darrow, WW

abstract

  • The medical records of 271 (60.8%) of the 446 persons arrested for sexual offenses in Atlanta, Georgia, during late 1978 were examined. Sexually transmitted infections were detected in 29.3% of the 237 women examined at the Fulton County Health Department and in 44.1% of the 34 men. Gonorrhea was detected in 47 (19.8%) of the women and in five (14.7%) of the men. Screening sexual offenders is an effective way of identifying untreated cases of sexually transmitted diseases in the community, and this method should be reassessed elsewhere. © 1981 American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association.

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publication date

  • January 1, 1981

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start page

  • 241

end page

  • 244

volume

  • 8

issue

  • 4