2004
Marginal validity of syndromic management for reproductive tract infections among pregnant women in Jamaica
Hylton-Kong T, Brathwaite AR, Del Rosario GR, Kristensen S, Kamara P, Jolly PE, Hook EW, Figueroa JP, Vermund SH. Marginal validity of syndromic management for reproductive tract infections among pregnant women in Jamaica. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2004, 15: 371-375. PMID: 15186580, DOI: 10.1258/095646204774195209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReproductive tract infectionsSyndromic managementPregnant womenAntenatal clinicTract infectionsSyndromic case management approachAntenatal care facilitiesHigh-risk womenAffordable diagnostic testsPositive predictive valueCase management approachAntenatal attendersClinical algorithmClinical careCare facilitiesPredictive valueJamaican womenDiagnostic testsLaboratory supportWomenClinicInfectionLow sensitivityCervicitisCandidiasis
1996
Pregnancy and cervical infection with human papillomaviruses
Morrison E, Gammon MD, Goldberg GL, Vermund SH, Burk RD. Pregnancy and cervical infection with human papillomaviruses. International Journal Of Gynecology & Obstetrics 1996, 54: 125-130. PMID: 9236309, DOI: 10.1016/0020-7292(96)02694-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence odds ratiosHPV risk factorsRisk factorsHPV infectionCurrent pregnancyCervical HPV infectionPrevalence of HPVHuman papillomavirus infectionAssociation of pregnancyStatistical significanceLarge municipal hospitalSelf-administered questionnaireRace/ethnicityCervicovaginal lavageCervical infectionPapillomavirus infectionHPV DNAGestational ageGynecological examinationOutpatient clinicHuman papillomavirusSignificant confoundersOdds ratioLavage samplesMunicipal Hospital