Trends of HIV-1 and sexually transmitted diseases among pregnant and postpartum women in urban Malawi

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-203

  Taha, Taha E ^a   Dallabetta, Gina A ^a,c   Hoover, Donald R ^a   Chiphangwi, John D ^b   Mtimavalye, Laban A R ^b   Liomba, George N ^b   Kumwenda, Newton I ^a   Miotti, Paolo G ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Condoms; HIV; Incidence; Malawi; Prevalence; Sexually transmitted diseases; Trends; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BARRIER METHODS; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; MALAWI; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POSTPARTUM WOMEN; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE--CHANGES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0032556973     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199802000-00010     Document Type: Article

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