Sexually transmitted diseases in South Africa

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 160-171

  Pham Kanter, G B T ^a,c   Steinberg, M H ^a   Ballard, R C ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; South Africa; STD

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; GONORRHEA; GRANULOMA INGUINALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; ULCUS MOLLE; VAGINITIS;

EID: 79960417608     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.72.3.160     Document Type: Article

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