Candidiasis and trichomoniasis among pregnant woment in a rural community in the semi-arid zone, North-eastern Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-19

  Nwosu, C O ^a   Djieyep, N A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b Ben Medical Laboratory   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Northern Nigeria; Pregnancy; Trichomoniasis

Indexed keywords

AGAR; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NIGERIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; TROPHOZOITE; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA SMEAR; VULVA PRURITUS; YEAST CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 34249068813     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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