Community based study of sexually transmitted diseases in rural women in the highlands of Papua New Guinea: Prevalence and risk factors

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-127

  Passey, M ^a   Mgone, C S ^a   Lupiwa, S ^a   Suve, N ^a   Tiwara, S ^a   Lupiwa, T ^a   Clegg, A ^a   Alpers, M P ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; STDs; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0031980314     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.2.120     Document Type: Article

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