Bacterial vaginosis (BV) and the risk of incident gonococcal or chlamydial genital infection in a predominantly black population

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 413-417

  Ness, Roberta B ^a,h   Kip, Kevin E ^a   Soper, David E ^d   Hillier, Sharon ^a,b   Stamm, Carol A ^e   Sweet, Richard L ^g   Rice, Peter ^c   Richter, Holley E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 21044436913     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000154493.87451.8d     Document Type: Article

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