Effect of consistent condom use on 6-month prevalence of bacterial vaginosis varies by baseline BV status

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 480-486

  Yotebieng, Marcel ^a,b   Turner, Abigail Norris ^b   Hoke, Theresa Hatzell ^c   Van Damme, Kathleen ^d   Rasolofomanana, Justin Ranjalahy ^e   Behets, Frieda ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Institut National de Sante Publique et Communautaire   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Condom use; Madagascar; Recurrence; Sex worker

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CONDOM USE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROSTITUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; RISK; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 62449108874     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02235.x     Document Type: Article

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