Trichomonas vaginalis as a cause of urethritis in Malawian men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 381-387

  Hobbs, Marcia M ^a   Kazembe, Peter ^b   Reed, Andrea W ^a   Miller, William C ^a,c   Nkata, Eniffa ^b   Zimba, Dickman ^b   Costello Daly, Celine ^d   Chakraborty, Hrishikesh ^a   Cohen, Myron S ^a   Hoffman, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Lilongwe Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^c IL   (United States)

^d John Snow STAFH Project   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0032781749     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199908000-00003     Document Type: Article

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