Evidence of declining STD prevalence in a South African mining community following a core-group intervention

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Steen, Richard ^a   Vuylsteke, Bea ^b   DeCoito, Tony ^c   Ralepeli, Stori ^c   Fehler, Glenda ^d   Conley, Jacci ^a   Bruckers, Liesbeth ^e   Dallabetta, Gina ^a   Ballard, Ron ^d  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Harmony Hospital   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033968488     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200001000-00001     Document Type: Article

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