A community trial of the impact of improved sexually transmitted disease treatment on the HIV epidemic in rural Tanzania: 1. Design

AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 919-926

  Hayes, Richard ^a   Mosha, Frank ^b   Nicoll, Angus ^a,c   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a,c   Newell, James ^a,c   Todd, James ^a,c   Killewo, Japhet ^d   Rugemalila, Joas ^b   Mabey, David ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^d MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Intervention; Randomized trial; Sexually transmitted diseases; Study design; Syndromic treatment

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NYSTATIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TANZANIA;

EID: 0029119144     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199508000-00014     Document Type: Article

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