HIV and Syphilis Serostatus of Antenatals in Traditional Maasai Pasturalist Communities in Kajiado District, Kenya: 1989–1992

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 94-98

  Valadez, Joseph J ^a   Loolpapit, P Mores ^b   Nyangao, Ambrose ^b   Dikir, Francis ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KENYA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYPHILIS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0032913278     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559902900211     Document Type: Article

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