Vaginal infections in pregnant women in Jamaica: Prevalence and risk factors

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 516-520

  Kamara, Paul ^a   Hylton Kong, Tina ^c   Brathwaite, Alfred ^c   Del Rosario, Gelen R ^a   Kristensen, Sibylle ^a   Patrick, Nancy ^a   Weiss, Heidi ^b   Figueroa, Peter J ^c   Vermund, Sten H ^a,b   Jolly, Pauline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Candidiasis; Pregnant women; Reproductive tract infection; Trichomoniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

AMERICAS; BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL DISEASES; BIOLOGY; CANDIDIASIS; CARIBBEAN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; INFECTIONS; JAMAICA; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; VAGINAL ABNORMALITIES; VAGINOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANDIDIASIS, VULVOVAGINAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; URBAN HEALTH; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033861355     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462001916425     Document Type: Article

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