The natural history of bacterial vaginosis diagnosed by gram stain among women in Rakai, Uganda

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1040-1045

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

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

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

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PHENAZINES; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054119213     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182275499     Document Type: Article

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