Syphilis serology and HIV infection in Harare, Zimbabwe

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 426-430

  Gwanzura, Lovemore ^a,b   Latif, Ahmed ^a,b   Bassett, Mary ^a,b   Machekano, Rhoderic ^b   Katzenstein, David A ^b,d   Mason, Peter R ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BRTI   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

HIV; Serodiagnosis; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033392609     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.75.6.426     Document Type: Article

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