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Table 3 Prevalence of Current Sexually Transmissible Infection among HIV Positive and HIV Non-Infected African, Caribbean and Black Men (N = 486)

From: The epidemiology of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in African, Caribbean and Black men in Toronto, Canada

Current STI

HIV Status

χ2 (1)

HIV non-infected

(n = 440)

HIV-positive

(n = 46)

Chlamydia

4.6

2.2

0.58

Gonorrhea

0.7

0

0.32

Syphilis

5.0

28.3

34.69***

Hepatitis B

2.3

6.5

2.71

Hepatitis C

3.64

6.5

0.99

Herpes Simplex Virus 1

70.9

93.5

10.42**

Herpes Simplex Virus 2

48.9

76.1

12.05**

Cytomegalovirus

45.2

91.3

34.87***

Any high risk HPV- penile

19.3

43.5

16.76***

Any high risk HPV- anal

4.8

43.5

29.31***

  1. Note: STI sexually transmitted infections; **p < .01, ***p < .001; Total sample size was 487. HIV status not reported for one subject
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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