Sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Tunisia: High prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 500-505

  Znazen, Abir ^a   Frikha Gargouri, Olfa ^a   Berrajah, Lamia ^a   Bellalouna, Sihem ^b   Hakim, Hela ^a   Gueddana, Nabiha ^b   Hammami, Adnene ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Office National de la Famille et de la Population   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TUNISIA; VAGINA FLORA; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TUNISIA; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 78649676375     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.042770     Document Type: Article

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