Syndromic versus laboratory-based diagnosis of cervical infections among female sex workers in Benin: Implications of nonattendance for return visits

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 324-330

  Mukenge Tshibaka, Léonard ^a   Alary, Michel ^a   Lowndes, Catherine M ^a   Van Dyck, Eddy ^a   Guédou, Aristide ^a   Geraldo, Nassirou ^a   Anagonou, Séverin ^a   Lafia, Edgard ^a   Joly, Jean R ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BENIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036259890     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200206000-00003     Document Type: Article

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