Research Article

Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Married Women in Rural Nepal

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Flow chart showing selection of study participants, sample collection, and analyses. Villages: Bolde Fediche, Thulopersel, Pokhari-Naranyanthan, Saramthali, and Sarasyunkharka. Refused blood sample collection (n=96). Samples with negative or weakly positive β-globin gene internal control for human DNA in the Seegene Anyplex™II HPV28 real-time PCR were considered to have inadequate amount of sample or contained inhibitors and were therefore excluded from further analyses; CT, Chlamydia trachomatis; NG, Neisseria gonorrhoeae; HPV, human papillomavirus; TV, Trichomonas vaginalis.