Assessment of the validity of and adherence to sexually transmitted infection algorithms at a female sex worker clinic in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 284-291

  Vuylsteke, Bea L ^a,b   Ettiègne Traore, Virginie ^b,c   Anoma, Camille K ^b   Bandama, Claude ^b   Ghys, Peter D ^a,b   Maurice, Chantal E ^b   Van Dyck, Eddy ^a   Wiktor, Stefan Z ^d   Laga, Marie ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Project RETRO CI   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Ministry of HIV/AIDS   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0344177204     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200304000-00003     Document Type: Article

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