Seroprevalence of syphilis and HIV-1 during pregnancy in a teaching hospital in northwest Ethiopia

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 193-195

  Mulu, Andargachew ^a,c   Kassu, Afework ^a,d   Tessema, Belay ^a   Yismaw, Gizachew ^a   Tiruneh, Moges ^a   Moges, Feleke ^a   Wondmikun, Yared ^a   Nishikawa, Takeshi ^b   Ota, Fusao ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SUPERINFECTION; SYPHILIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 34548427500     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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