Rapid assessment of sexually transmitted diseases in a sentinel population in Thailand: Prevalence of chlamydial infection, gonorrhoea, and syphilis among pregnant women - 1996

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-193

  Kilmarx, P H ^a,b,g   Black, C M ^c   Limpakarnjanarat, K ^b   Shaffer, N ^a,b   Yanpaisarn, S ^d   Chaisilwattana, P ^e   Siriwasin, W ^f   Young, N L ^a,b   Farshy, C E ^c   Mastro, T D ^a,b   St Louis, M E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HIV/AIDS Collaboration   (Thailand)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Chiang Rai Prachanukhro Hospital   (Thailand)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^g MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Sexually transmitted disease surveillance; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; THAILAND;

EID: 7344263516     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.74.3.189     Document Type: Article

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