Disease prevalence in women attending the STD clinic in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-48

  Divekar, Anagha A ^a   Gogate, Alka S ^a   Shivkar, Lata K ^b   Gogate, Sharad ^c   Badhwar, Vandana R ^a  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Gaurabai Clinic   (India)

^c Surlata Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; HIV; India; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ASIA; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; INDIA; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTHERN ASIA; TRICHOMONIASIS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INDIA; MARRIAGE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 0033985374     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462001914896     Document Type: Article

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