Sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Mongolia: Potential impact on the Mongolian HIV epidemic

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 153-157

  Amindavaa, Oyunbileg ^a   Kristensen, Sibylle ^b,e   Pak, Chin Y ^c   Khalzan, Davaajav ^d   Chultemsuren, Byambaa ^d   Randall, Andrea S ^c   Mikolon, Andrea ^c   Lkhamsuren, Erdenechimeg ^c   Tulgaa, Khosbayar ^c   Chimeddorj, Battogtokh ^c   Natsag, Udval ^a  

^a Public Health Institute Ministry of Health   (Mongolia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^d Natl Ctr for Communicable Diseases   (Mongolia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal clinics; Mongolia; Pregnancy; Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSURIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONGOLIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 20044370802     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462053057693     Document Type: Article

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