The prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in Papua New Guinea: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Vallely, Andrew ^a   Page, Andrew ^b   Dias, Shannon ^b   Siba, Peter ^c   Lupiwa, Tony ^d   Law, Greg ^e   Millan, John ^e   Wilson, David P ^a   Murray, John M ^a,f   Toole, Michael ^g   Kaldor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d National AIDS Council Secretariat   (Papua New Guinea)

^e National Department for Health   (Papua New Guinea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIASIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RATE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRICHOMONIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; META ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHLAMYDIA; TRICHOMONAS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650839729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015586     Document Type: Review

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