Study: Sexually transmitted diseases in victims of rape. (New England Journal of Medicine)

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Author information

Jenny C1, Hooton TM, Bowers A, Copass MK, Krieger JN, Hillier SL, Kiviat N, Corey L, Stamm WE, Holmes KK.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

Abstract

The risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted disease as a result of rape is not known, in part because it is difficult to ascertain whether infections were present before the assault or acquired during it. To investigate this question, we examined female victims of rape within 72 hours of the assault and again at least one week after the assault. Of the 204 girls and women initially examined within 72 hours of the rape, 88 (43 percent) were found to have at least one sexually transmitted disease. These diseases included infections caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae (6 percent of those tested), cytomegalovirus (8 percent), Chlamydia trachomatis (10 percent), Trichomonas vaginalis (15 percent), herpes simplex virus (2 percent), Treponema pallidum (1 percent), and the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1; 1 percent) and bacterial vaginosis (34 percent). Among the 109 patients (53 percent) who returned for at least one follow-up visit (excluding those who were found to be infected at the first visit or who were treated prophylactically), the incidence of new disease was as follows: gonorrhea, 4 percent (3 of 71); chlamydial infection, 2 percent (1 of 65); trichomoniasis, 12 percent (10 of 81); and bacterial vaginosis, 19 percent (15 of 77). There were no new infections with herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, Trep. pallidum, or HIV-1, but follow-up serologic testing was performed in only 26 percent of the patients. On the basis of our assumptions that most venereal infections present within 72 hours of a rape were preexisting and that new infections identified 1 to 20 weeks later were acquired during the assault, we conclude that the prevalence of preexisting sexually transmitted diseases is high in victims of rape and that they have a lower but substantial additional risk of acquiring such diseases as a result of the assault.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2155389

[The Lawspeaker]

See... this is why I believe that actual rapists should be hanged and their possessions declared forfeit.

[KuriousKatKommittee]

Looks like the study of n=204 clearly confirms that neisseria gonorrhoeae, cytomegalovirus, chlamydia trachomatis, trichomonas vaginalis are sexist slutshaming patriarchal bigots. Lena Dunham's rape victim obviously caught that HIV bug somewhere else, Lena Dunham did nothing wrong! #YoGoGirl #YouGoHBOGirls

[KuriousKatKommittee]

See... this is why I believe that actual rapists should be hanged and their possessions declared forfeit.

What a coincidence! Them rapists' possessions (looking Lena Dunham's way) won't go far from the apple tree then.

[The Lawspeaker]

What a coincidence! Them rapists' possessions (looking Lena Dunham's way) won't go far from the apple tree then.

Whichever gets the job done ! As long as she swings and the money helps her victim.