Sexually transmitted diseases and human immunodeficiency virus infections in women attending an antenatal clinic in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 636-638

  Diallo, M O ^a   Ettiegne Traore V ^a   Maran, M ^a   Kouadio, J ^a   Brattegaard, K ^a   Makke, A ^b   Van Dyck, E ^c   Laga, M ^c   De Cock, K M ^a,d  

^a Project RETRO CI Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Formation Sanitaire de Konmassi   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; C. trachomatis; N. gonorrhoeae; Pregnant women; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 0030810615     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462971918904     Document Type: Article

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