Associations between intravaginal practices and bacterial vaginosis in Kenyan female sex workers without symptoms of vaginal infections

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 384-388

  Hassan, Wisal M ^a,b   Lavreys, Ludo ^a,b   Chohan, Vrasha ^b   Richardson, Barbra A ^a   Mandaliya, Kishorchandra ^c   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah O ^b   Kiarie, James ^b   Jaoko, Walter ^b   Holmes, King K ^a   McClelland, R Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLATUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SALIVA; SELF CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KENYA; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34249341208     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000243624.74573.63     Document Type: Article

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