Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among young women in low-income populations of coastal Peru

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 188-192

  Jones, Franca R ^a,g   Miller, G ^b   Gadea, N ^a   Meza, R ^a   Leon, S ^c   Perez, J ^a   Lescano, A G ^a,c,d   Pajuelo, J ^c   Caceres, C F ^b,c   Klausner, J D ^b,e   Coates, T J ^f  

^a California   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Human immunodeficiency virus; Peru; Sexually transmitted infections; Socially marginalized populations

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PERU; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; POVERTY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 34547604564     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646207780132505     Document Type: Article

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