Clinical Algorithms for the Screening of Women for Gonococcal and Chlamydial Infection: Evaluation of Pregnant Women and Prostitutes in Zaire

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 82-88

  Laga, Marie ^a,b   Vuylsteke, Bea ^a,b   Alary, Michel ^a,b   Gerniers, Marie Madeleine ^a,b   Lebughe, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Nzila, Nzilambi ^a,b   Behets, Frieda ^a,b   Van Dyck, Eddy ^a,b   Piot, Peter ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Projet Sida Ministry of Health ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSTITUTION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0027288507     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/17.1.82     Document Type: Article

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