Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among clients of female commercial sex workers in Thailand

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 358-362

  Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^d   Skov, Steven ^e   Chandeying, Verapol ^b   Norpech, Jatuporn ^a,c   Garland, Suzanne M ^e  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Communic Diseases Control Region 12 ^*  (Thailand)

^d Dept of Microbiol and Infect Dis   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THAILAND; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033920456     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200007000-00011     Document Type: Article

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