Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women with known HIV status in northern Tanzania

Reproductive Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Msuya, Sia E ^a,b,d   Uriyo, Jacqueline ^a,d   Hussain, Akhtar ^a   Mbizvo, Elizabeth M ^a,e   Jeansson, Stig ^c   Sam, Noel E ^d   Stray Pedersen, Babill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

EID: 62149131089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-6-4     Document Type: Article

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