Prostitutes are a major reservoir of sexually transmitted diseases in nairobi, kenya

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 64-67

  D’Costa, Lourdes J ^a,b,c   Plummer, Francis A ^a,b,c   Bowmer, Ian ^a,b,c   Fransen, Lieve ^a,b,c   Piot, Peter ^a,b,c   Ronald, Allan R ^a,b,c   Nsanze, Herbert ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KENYA; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PROSTITUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; ULCUS MOLLE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; INFECTIONS; KENYA; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTES; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--TRANSMISSION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHANCROID; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; KENYA; PROSTITUTION; RECURRENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0022254281     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-198504000-00002     Document Type: Article

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