Diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections in female prostitutes in Dakar, Senegal

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Ndoye, I ^a   Mboup, S ^a   De Schryver, A ^b   Van Dyck, E ^e   Moran, J ^f   Samb, Ng D ^a   Sakko, M L ^a   Thior, I ^a   Wade, A ^b   Heymann, D L ^c   Meheus, A ^d  

^a STD and AIDS Control Programme   (Senegal)

^b Programme for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

^c Global Programme on AIDS

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infectious diseases; Prostitutes; STDs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SENEGAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENEGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031822846     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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