Sexually transmitted infections among prison inmates in a rural district of Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 617-619

  Zachariah, Rony ^a   Harries, Anthony D ^b   Chantulo, Austin S ^a   Yadidi, Alban E ^c   Nkhoma, Wilfred ^d   Maganga, Olive ^d  

^a Medicins san Frontieres Luxembourg   (Malawi)

^b National TB Control Programme   (Malawi)

^c Ministry of Justice   (Malawi)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Condom; Control; Human immunodeficiency virus; Malawi; Prison; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONDOM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; ORCHITIS; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA DISEASE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0344687435     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90330-5     Document Type: Article

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