Sexually transmitted infections, bacterial vaginosis, and candidiasis in women of reproductive age in rural Northeast Brazil: A population-based study

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 751-756

  Oliveira, Fabíola Araújo ^a   Pfleger, Viola ^b   Lang, Katrin ^b   Heukelbach, Jörg ^a   Miralles, Iracema ^c   Fraga, Francisco ^d   Sousa, Anastácio Queiroz ^e   Stoffler Meilicke, Marina ^b   Ignatius, Ralf ^b   Kerr, Ligia Franco Sansigolo ^a   Feldmeier, Hermann ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Department of Virology   (Germany)

^c Nutrition School   (Brazil)

^d Hospital Padre Quiliano   (Brazil)

^e Núcleo de Controle de Doenças Transmitidas por Vetores Secretaria da Saúde do Estado do Ceará   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Reproductive tract infections; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TREPONEMA;

EID: 36248966399     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000600015     Document Type: Article

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