Effectiveness of interventions to improve screening for syphilis in pregnancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 684-691

  Hawkes, Sarah ^a   Matin, Nashaba ^b,c   Broutet, Nathalie ^d   Low, Nicola ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c Camden Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REAGIN TEST; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL;

EID: 80051826772     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(11)70104-9     Document Type: Article

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