Trichomonas vaginalis infection: The most prevalent nonviral sexually transmitted infection receives the least public health attention

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-25

  Van Der Pol, Barbara ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 33845700330     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509934     Document Type: Note

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