Chancroid, primary syphilis, genital herpes, and lymphogranuloma venereum in Antananarivo, Madagascar

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1382-1385

  Behets, Frieda M T ^a,b,g   Andriamiadana, Jocelyne ^c   Randrianasolo, Daudet ^c   Randriamanga, René ^d   Rasamilalao, Désiré ^c   Chen, Cheng Yen ^d   Weiss, Judith B ^e   Morse, Stephen A ^d   Dallabetta, Gina ^f   Cohen, Myron S ^a  

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

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institut d'Hygiene Sociale Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^f FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULCUS MOLLE;

ADULT; CHANCROID; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MADAGASCAR; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULCER;

EID: 0033375533     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315005     Document Type: Article

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