Passive sentinel surveillance system for sexually transmitted diseases in primary healthcare sites in Ethiopia, 1991-3

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-133

  Matteelli, Alberto ^a   Kassa, A ^b   Gerbase, A ^c   Farina, C ^d   Ghidinelli, M ^a,b   Chatel, G ^a   Beltrame, A ^a   Feleke, W ^b   Carosi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c World Health Organisation Office of HIV/AIDS and STD   (United States)

^d Microbiology Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case notification; Ethiopia; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CONSULTATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URETHRAL DISEASES; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0034059325     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.2.131     Document Type: Article

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