Patterns of sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and youth in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chalamilla, Guerino ^a   Mbwana, Judica ^b   Mhalu, Fred ^b   Mmari, Eunice ^a   Majigo, Mtebe ^b   Swai, Andrew ^b   Urassa, Willy ^b   Sandstrom, Eric ^c  

^a Ilala Municipal Council   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIN; NYSTATIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; GROUPS BY AGE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; URINALYSIS; VAGINA SMEAR; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 33644657974     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-22     Document Type: Article

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