Clinical algorithms for the screening of pregnant women for STDs in Libreville, Gabon: Which alternatives?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-39

  Bourgeois, A ^a   Henzel, D ^b   Malonga Mouelet, G ^c   Dibanga, G ^c   Tsobou, C ^c   Peeters, M ^a   Delaporte, E ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Programme National de Lutte Contre le Sida   (Gabon)

^d Programme SIDA   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Algorithm; Antenatal clinic; STDs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GABON; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0031895765     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.1.35     Document Type: Article

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