Bacterial vaginosis in female sex workers in Chennai, India

Sexual Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-262

  Uma, Shanmugasundaram ^a   Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu ^a   Murugavel, Kailapuri G ^a   Srikrishnan, Aylur K ^a   Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran ^a   Cecelia, Jebaraj A ^a   Anand, Santhanam ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^b   Celentano, David ^c   Thyagarajan, Sadras P ^d   Solomon, Suniti ^a  

^a VHS Medical Centre India   (India)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LETTER; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; VAGINITIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33644859092     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH05025     Document Type: Article

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