The short-term variability of bacterial vaginosis diagnosed by nugent gram stain criteria among sexually active women in Rakai, Uganda

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-116

  Thoma, Marie E ^a,f   Gray, Ronald H ^b   Kiwanuka, Noah ^c,d   Aluma, Simon ^d   Wang, Mei Cheng ^b   Sewankambo, Nelson ^e   Wawer, Maria J ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OBSERVATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; UGANDA; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; PHENAZINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751643610     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181f0bdd0     Document Type: Article

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