Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among HIV-infected women in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 581-585

  Travassos, Ana Gabriela Álvares ^a   Brites, Carlos ^b   Netto, Eduardo M ^b   Fernandes, Sheyla de Almeida ^a   Rutherford, George W ^c   Queiroz, Conceição Maria ^b  

^a Centro Estadual de Diagnostico   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Pregnancy; Prevalence; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYPHILIS; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870446378     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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