The Syndromic versus Laboratory Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Resource-Limited Settings

<table>Sensitivities and specificities of STIs symptoms together with their 95% exact confidence intervals (SSTD1: abdominal pain, SSTD2: abnormal genital discharge, SSTD3: foul smell in the genital area, SSTD4: excessive genital secretions, SSTD5: swelling of lymphnodes in the genital area, SSTD6: itching in the genital area, SSTD7: burning pain on micturation, SSTD8: pain during intercourse, and SSTD9: genital ulcers).</table>

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Figure 4: The Syndromic versus Laboratory Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Resource-Limited Settings 