Chlamydia and gonorrhea infections in HIV-positive women in urban Lusaka, Zambia

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 141-144

  Alcaide, Maria L ^a   Chitalu, Ndashi ^b   Jones, Deborah L ^a   Weiss, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Chlamydia; Gonorrhea; Human immunodeficiency virus; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84866415277     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.100566     Document Type: Article

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