Mycoplasma genitalium infection and persistence in a cohort of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 274-279

  Cohen, Craig R ^a,b   Nosek, Marcianna ^b   Meier, Amalia ^c   Astete, Sabina G ^c   Iverson Cabral, Stefanie ^c   Mugo, Nelly R ^d   Totten, Patricia A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PROSTITUTION; RECURRENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34248140270     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000237860.61298.54     Document Type: Article

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