Lack of evidence for the involvement of rectal and oral trichomonads in the aetiology of vaginal trichomoniasis in Ghana

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-132

  Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^a   Opoku, B K ^a   Crucitti, T ^b   Weiss, H A ^c   Mabey, D ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MOUTH INFECTION; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TRICHOMONAS TENAX; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTAL DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34248193356     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.020941     Document Type: Article

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