Antibody to Haemophilus ducreyi among trucking company workers in Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 267-271

  Rakwar, Joel ^b   Jackson, Denis ^b   Maclean, Ian ^b   Obongo, Tom ^b   Bwayo, Job ^b   Smith, Heidi ^b   Mandaliya, Kishorchandra ^b   Moses, Stephen ^b   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah ^b   Kreiss, Joan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DRIVER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULCUS MOLLE; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0030945857     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199705000-00006     Document Type: Article

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