HIV infection and vaginal douching in Central Africa

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-106

  Gresenguet, Gérard ^a,b,d   Kreiss, Joan K ^a   Chapko, Michael K ^a   Hillier, Sharon L ^c   Weiss, Noel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Min of Public Health and Population   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Natl Ref Ctr Sexually TD/AIDS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiseptic douching; HIV infection; Vaginal douching

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY FLUID; CENTRAL AFRICA; CLEANING; CONDOM; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; GENITALIA; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS--WOMEN; MIDDLE AFRICA; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK BEHAVIOR--WOMEN; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAGINA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, CENTRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA;

EID: 0031023849     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199701000-00015     Document Type: Article

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