A pilot study on the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among clients of brothel-based female sex workers in Jessore, Bangladesh

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 300-301

  Huq, M ^a   Chawdhury, F A H ^a,b   Mitra, D K ^a   Islam, M A ^a   Salahuddin, G ^a   Das, J ^c   Rahman, M ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Salvation Army   (Bangladesh)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Chlamydia trachomatis; Clients of FSWs; Female sex worker; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

BANGLADESH; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEMEN; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 77950825051     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.008458     Document Type: Article

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