Neisseria gonorrhoea, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Treponema pallidum infection in antenatal and gynecological patients at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 253-256

  Apea Kubi, Kwasi Akyem ^a   Yamaguchi, Shinya ^a   Sakyi, Bright ^b   Kisimoto, Toshio ^c   Ofori Adjei, David ^a   Hagiwara, Toshikatsu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GHANA; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA ANALYSIS; SELF MEDICATION; SEROTYPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GHANA; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 13844312404     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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