HIV-1, HSV-2 and syphilis among pregnant women in a rural area of Tanzania: Prevalence and risk factors

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yahya Malima, Khadija I ^a,b,c   Evjen Olsen, Bjørg ^a,d   Matee, Mecky I ^b   Fylkesnes, Knut ^a   Haarr, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c and Children   (Tanzania)

^d HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY TEST; POLYGAMY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REAGIN TEST; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; BLOOD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 45149088752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-75     Document Type: Article

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