Opportunities for treating sexually transmitted infections and reducing HIV risk in rural South Africa

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-383

  Frohlich, J A ^a,b   Karim, Q Abdool ^c   Mashego, M M ^c   Sturm, A W ^b,c   Karim, S S Abdool ^d  

^a Centre for AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Family planning; HIV and AIDS; Primary health care; Reproductive health; Rural nursing; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA;

EID: 35148873570     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04405.x     Document Type: Article

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