Diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis among HIV-1-infected pregnant women in Nairobi

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 549-552

  Marx, G ^a   John Stewart, G ^a   Bosire, R ^b   Wamalwa, D ^c   Otieno, P ^c   Farquhar, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

BV; HIV; Pregnancy; STIs; Syndromic diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL DISCOMFORT; VAGINITIS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VULVITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049439364     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.010005     Document Type: Article

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