Sexually transmitted infections among married women in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Unexpected high prevalence of herpes simplex type 2 infection

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 114-119

  Bogaerts, J ^a   Ahmed, J ^b   Akhter, N ^b   Begum, N ^b   Rahman, M ^a   Nahar, S ^a   Van Ranst, M ^c   Verhaegen, J ^c  

^a ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Women's Health Coalition   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Genital herpes; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; URBAN HEALTH; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0035061377     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.77.2.114     Document Type: Article

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