Seroprevalence of four sexually transmitted diseases in a semi-urban population of Gabon

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-36

  Bertherat, E ^a   Georges Courbot, M C ^b   Nabias, R ^b   Georges, A J ^b   Renaut, A ^b  

^a Service des Grandes Endémies   (Gabon)

^b Ctr Intl Rech Medicales F   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Gabon; Hepatitis B; HIV infection; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABON; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHLAMYDIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; GABON; HEPATITIS; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AFRICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; URBAN POPULATION; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GABON; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031886208     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462981921008     Document Type: Article

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