Etiology of urethral discharge in West Africa: The role of Mycoplasma genitalium and Trichomonas vaginalis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 118-126

  Pépin, Jacques ^a   Sobéla, François ^b   Deslandes, Sylvie ^a   Alary, Michel ^c   Wegner, Karsten ^a,d   Khonde, Nzambi ^e   Kintin, Frédéric ^f   Kamuragiye, Aloys ^f,g   Sylla, Mohammed ^h   Zerbo, Petit Jean ⁱ   Baganizi, Énias ^f   Koné, Alassane ^j   Kane, Fadel ^k   Mâsse, Benoit ^c   Viens, Pierre ^l   Frost, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b West Africa Project to Combat AIDS and STD (WAPCAS)   (Burkina Faso)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Schiffahrtmedizinisches Institut der Marine   (Germany)

^e WAPCAS   (Ghana)

^f WAPCAS ^*  (Benin)

^g UNICEF   (United States)

^h WAPCAS   (Mali)

ⁱ WAPCAS   (Senegal)

^j WAPCAS   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^k HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^l Centre de Coopération Internationale en Santé et Développement   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Africa, Western; Chlamydia trachomatis; Genital diseases, male; Gram negative bacterial infections; Mycoplasma; Neisseria gonorrhoae; Trichomonas vaginalis; Urethral diseases, etiology

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERINFECTION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRA DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0035119510     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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