Syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection among women undergoing legal or illegal abortion in Maputo

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 326-330

  Machungo, F ^a   Zanconato, G ^b   Persson, K ^d   Lind, I ^c   Jorgensen, B ^b   Herrmann, B ^e   Bergstrom S ^a  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Illegal abortion; Legal abortion; Mozambique; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; GONORRHEA; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOZAMBIQUE; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MOZAMBIQUE; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0036250986     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462021925153     Document Type: Article

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