iGugu_Main_Study_Data_PLOS Medicine

Igugu_main_study_data_PLOS Medicine:

This dataset is the main study data for: Francis SC, Mthiyane TN, Baisley K, Mchunu SL, Ferguson J, Smit T, Crucitti T, Gareta D, Dlamini S, Mutevedzi T, Seeley J, Pillay D, McGrath N, Shahmanesh M. Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Young People in South Africa: A Nested Survey in a Health and Demographic Surveillance Site. PLOS Medicine 2017

In this paper, we report on the results of an acceptability, feasibility and prevalence study of home-based sampling for STI/BV among young men and women aged 15-24 years old in the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) health and demographic surveillance site (DSS) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A total of 1342 young people, stratified by age (15-19 and 20-24 years) and sex were selected from the HDSS sampling frame, and 447 were enrolled (70% of those contacted). Participants were interviewed and blood, self-collected urine (men) and vaginal swabs (women) were tested for herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2), chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and BV. Further details on study methods are available in the published work. The dataset provided here is the main analytical dataset for the study. It is a de-identified dataset for the 477 study participants, with only the variables necessary to replicate the analysis presented in the paper. To preserve confidentiality, we report ages in 5-yr intervals, all dates are removed, and education has been recoded into 2 categories. A dummy identification number has been added (i.e. not the actual study ID).

Igugu_study_flow_chart_PLOS Medicine:

This dataset is a supplementary dataset for: Francis SC, Mthiyane TN, Baisley K, Mchunu SL, Ferguson J, Smit T, Crucitti T, Gareta D, Dlamini S, Mutevedzi T, Seeley J, Pillay D, McGrath N, Shahmanesh M. Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections among Young People in South Africa: A Nested Survey in a Health and Demographic Surveillance Site. PLOS Medicine 2017

In this paper, we report on the results of an acceptability, feasibility and prevalence study of home-based sampling for STI/BV among young men and women aged 15-24 years old in the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) health and demographic surveillance site (HDSS) in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A total of 1342 young people, stratified by age (15-19 and 20-24 years) and sex were selected from the HDSS sampling frame, and 447 were enrolled (70% of those contacted). Participants were interviewed and blood, self-collected urine (men) and vaginal swabs (women) were tested for herpes simplex virus type-2 (HSV-2), chlamydia, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and BV. Further details on study methods are available in the published work.

The dataset provided here is a supplementary dataset containing information on the 1342 young people who were sampled. It is a de-identified dataset with only the variables necessary to replicate the analysis presented in Supplementary Table 1 in the paper. To preserve confidentiality, we report ages in 5-yr intervals, all dates are removed, and education has been recoded into 2 categories. A dummy identification number has been added (i.e. not the actual study ID). The dataset was constructed using information collected in the annual survey of the AHRI HDSS; the survey data and full documentation are available on the AHRI data repository.