Genital Ulcer Disease Research unit
Director:
Prof A.W. Sturm
E-mail: sturm@nu.ac.za
Tel: (031) 260-4395
Sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs) might not be high on everybody's list of favourite dinnertime topics,
but it's a major health problem that many South Africans live with. They are
an important co-factor in the spread of HIV/AIDS - if you have an STD you'll
be more likely to become infected with HIV.
According to Prof. Sturm,
there are two major groups of STDs. "The first group is the discharge-type
disease and the second is ulcerative disease. The ulcerative type disease
in particular is linked to the transmission of HIV. This is a fact we didn't
know when we first started the Unit," he explains.
The
MRC's Genital Ulcer Research Unit is based at the University of Natal
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