Etiology and determinants of sexually transmitted infections in Karnataka state, South India

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-164

  Becker, Marissa ^a   Stephen, John ^b   Moses, Stephen ^a   Washington, Reynold ^a,b,c   MacLean, Ian ^a   Cheang, Mary ^a   Isac, Shajy ^c   Ramesh, B M ^c   Alary, Michel ^d,e   Blanchard, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFIXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SALVAGE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULCER;

EID: 77649161769     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181bd1007     Document Type: Article

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