Sexually transmitted infections among brothel-based sex workers in Bangladesh: High prevalence of asymptomatic infection

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Nessa, Khalrun ^a   Waris, Shama A ^a   Alam, Anadil ^a   Huq, Mohsina ^a   Nahar, Shamsun ^a   Chawdhury, Faisal Arif Hasan ^a   Monira, Shirajum ^a   Badal, Monir Uddin ^a   Sultana, Jinath ^a   Mahmud, Kazi Faisal ^b   Das, Joseph ^c   Mitra, Dipak Kumar ^a   Sultan, Zafar ^a   Hossain, Najmul ^b   Rahman, Motiur ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CARE Bangladesh ^*  (Bangladesh)

^c Salvation Army   (Bangladesh)

^d ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 19944425913     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000148298.26228.74     Document Type: Article

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