Marginal validity of syndromic management for reproductive tract infections among pregnant women in Jamaica

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 371-375

  Hylton Kong, T ^a,b   Brathwaite, A R ^a   Del Rosario, G R ^b   Kristensen, S ^c   Kamara, P ^b   Jolly, P E ^b   Hook III, E W ^c   Figueroa, J P ^a   Vermund, S H ^b,c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Jamaica; Pregnancy; RTIs; Syndromic management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINITIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 2942755901     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646204774195209     Document Type: Article

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