Highly effective contraception and acquisition of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections

CS Morrison, AN Turner, LSB Jones - Best practice & research Clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
A key question for clinicians is whether an aetiological association exists between highly
effective contraceptive methods and women's risk of acquiring sexually transmitted
infections (STIs), including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The authors searched the
peer-reviewed literature for prospective studies published from January 1966 to August
2008 that assessed contraception and STI/HIV risk. The focus was on combined oral
contraceptives (OCs), depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), the T380a copper intra …