A community trial of the impact of improved sexually transmitted disease treatment on the HIV epidemic in rural Tanzania: 2. Baseline survey results

AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 927-934

  Grosskurth, Heiner ^a,b   Mosha, Frank ^c   Todd, James ^a,b   Senkoro, Kesheni ^c   Newell, James ^a,b   Klokke, Arnoud ^d   Changalucha, John ^c   West, Beryl ^b   Mayaud, Philippe ^a,b   Gavyole, Awena ^e   Gabone, Reverianus ^c   Mabey, David ^b   Hayes, Richard ^b  

^a African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d Bugando Medical Centre   (Tanzania)

^e Regional Medical Office   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Baseline results; HIV; Intervention; Randomized trial; Sexually transmitted diseases; Syndromic treatment

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; LEUKOCYTE ENZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TANZANIA; TRAVEL; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0029080312     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199508000-00015     Document Type: Article

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