High prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in the eastern highlands province of Papua New Guinea: Correlates and recommendations

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 466-473

  Gare, Janet ^a   Lupiwa, Tony ^a   Suarkia, Dagwin L ^a   Paniu, Michael M ^a,b   Wahasoka, Asibo ^a   Nivia, Hannah ^a   Kono, Jacinta ^a   Yeka, William ^a   Reeder, John C ^a   Mgone, Charles S ^a,c  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^c African Malaria Network Trust AMANET   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 23044443538     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000161177.21639.96     Document Type: Article

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