Kenyan researchers discovered new strains of gonorrhoea and chlamydia with new mutations in a group of women in the western Kenyan town of Busia.
According to local media reports, researchers at the Kenya Medical Research Institute have diagnosed the two diseases with new mutations in more than 400 women over the age of 15, and they fear the disease will spread to neighbouring Uganda because the town located along the border is very popular with truck drivers.
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The researchers intend to conduct additional research to determine the extent of the disease and whether the new mutations can be treated with standard antibiotics.
The researchers also stated that changes to the virus’s genetic makeup had never been observed before.
Sexually transmitted infections that were rampant in Kenya in the 1980s and 1990s have resurfaced, according to the Ministry of Health.
Women are especially vulnerable to gonorrhoea and chlamydia, two little-discussed venereal diseases that quietly destroy a young woman’s reproductive tract and render her infertile.
Men, like women, can be infected, but symptoms are not always obvious.
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Both infections are curable, but if left untreated, they can result in infertility, neurological and cardiovascular disease, stillbirths, ectopic pregnancy, and an increased risk of HIV.
The national prevalence of infertility in Kenya is estimated to be around 11.9%, with Western and Coast provinces having the highest rates.
