Trichomonas vaginalis is highly prevalent in adolescent girls, pregnant women, and commercial sex workers in Ndola, Zambia

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 223-227

  Crucitti, Tania ^a   Jespers, Vicky ^a   Mulenga, Chanda ^b   Khondowe, Shepherd ^b   Vandepitte, Judith ^a   Buvé, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RECTUM; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TRICHOMONAS TENAX; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 78650765844     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181c21f93     Document Type: Article

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