Control of sexually transmitted diseases for AIDS prevention in Uganda: A randomised community trial

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9152, 1999, Pages 525-535

  Wawer, Maria J ^a,d   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^b   Serwadda, David ^b   Quinn, Thomas C ^e   Paxton, Lynn A ^a   Kiwanuka, Noah ^c   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ^b   Li, Chuanjun ^e   Lutalo, Thomas ^c   Nalugoda, Fred ^c   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^e   Moulton, Lawrence H ^e   Meehan, Mary O ^a   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^e   Gray, Ronald H ^e  

^a School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d New York State Psychiatric Institute   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UGANDA; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0032994454     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)06439-3     Document Type: Article

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