Seroprevalence of syphilis among women attending urban antenatal clinics in Burkina Faso, 1995-8

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 314-316

  Sombie I ^a   Meda, Nicolas ^a   Cartoux, M ^a   Tiendrebeogo S ^a   Ouangre A ^a   Yaro, S ^a   Ky Zerbo, O ^a   Dao, B ^b   Van De Perre, P ^a   Mandelbrot, L ^c   Dabis, F ^d  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b Centre Hospitalier National Souro Sanou   (Burkina Faso)

^c Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Cochin Port Royal ^*  (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; HIV; Pregnant women; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033811931     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.4.314     Document Type: Article

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