High prevalence of HIV-1, HIV-2 and other sexually transmitted infections among women attending two sexual health clinics in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 631-635

  Månsson, Fredrik ^a   Camara, C ^b   Biai, A ^b   Monteiro, M ^b   Da Silva, Z J ^b   Dias, F ^b   Alves, A ^b   Andersson, S ^c   Fenyo E M ^a   Norrgren, H ^a   Unemo, M ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Simão Mendes National Hospital   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Co infections; HIV; Mycoplasma genitalium; West Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BACTERIA; CERVIX UTERI; COMORBIDITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VIRUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649390967     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2010.009584     Document Type: Article

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