Trends in pelvic inflammatory disease in England and Wales. by Robinson, N, Beral, V, Ashley, J

“…In general, the pattern of acute disease follows that of sexually transmitted disease. The pattern of chronic disease in turn reflects the long-term effects of acute disease. …”

Oral contraceptive use and malignancies of the genital tract. Results from the Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception Study. by Beral, V, Hannaford, P, Kay, C

“…After standardisation of rates by age, parity, smoking, social class, number of previously normal cervical smears, and history of sexually transmitted disease, the excess was 41 per 100,000 woman-years for carcinoma-in-situ and 8 per 100,000 woman-years for invasive cervical cancer. …”

Cancer of the cervix: a sexually transmitted infection? by Beral, V

“…When mortality patterns for cancer of the uterine cervix were compared with trends in incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in both England and Wales and in Scotland, there were striking associations between the temporal, social class, occupational, and geographic distributions of these diseases. …”

Risk factors for Kaposi's sarcoma in HIV-positive subjects in Uganda. by Ziegler, J, Newton, R, Katongole-Mbidde, E, Mbulataiye, S, De Cock, K, Wabinga, H, Mugerwa, J, Katabira, E, Jaffe, H, Parkin, D, Reeves, G, Weiss, R, Beral, V

“…Cases were more likely than controls to be married to one rather than several spouses (adjusted OR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.2-2.2) and to have reported a history of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) (adjusted OR, 1.6; 95% CI, 1.2-2.3). …”