High prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multiple sexually transmitted diseases among rural women in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, detected by polymerase chain reaction

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 775-779

  Mgone, Charles S ^a   Lupiwa, Tony ^a   Yeka, William ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

EID: 0036896857     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200212000-00007     Document Type: Article

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