Sexually transmitted infections in young pregnant women in Bangui, Central African Republic

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 609-614

  Blankhart, David ^a   Müller, Olaf ^b   Gresenguet, Gérard ^c   Weis, Peter ^a  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c C Natl Ref Malad Sexuel Trans ^*  (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Africa; ANC services; HIV; Sexual and reproductive health; STI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE AFRICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032866409     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914753     Document Type: Article

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