Prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection among young reproductive age women in India: Implications for treatment and prevention

Sexual Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-344

  Madhivanan, Purnima ^a,b   Bartman, Melissa T ^c   Pasutti, Lauren ^c   Krupp, Karl ^a   Arun, Anjali ^a,d   Reingold, Arthur L ^c   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a Public Health Research Institute   (India)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Vikram Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Correlates; Epidemiology; Sexually transmissible diseases; Women.

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURNING SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL PRURITUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; URBAN AREA; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANDIDIASIS; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 70450198058     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09038     Document Type: Article

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