Pregnant women as a reservoir of undetected sexually transmitted diseases in rural South Africa: Implications for disease control

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1243-1245

  Sturm, A Willem ^a   Wilkinson, David ^b,c   Ndovela, Nomfanelo ^a   Bowen, Shirley ^a   Connolly, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Epidemiology Research Unit   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031858642     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.8.1243     Document Type: Article

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