Intermediate vaginal flora is associated with HIV prevalence as strongly as bacterial vaginosis in a cross-sectional study of participants screened for a randomised controlled trial

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 545-551

  Guédou, Fernand Aimé ^a,b   Van Damme, Lut ^c,d   Mirembe, Florence ^e   Solomon, Suniti ^f   Becker, Marissa ^g   Deese, Jennifer ^c,d   Crucitti, Tania ^h   Alary, Michel ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^h INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE SULFATE; MICROBICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANDIDIASIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INTERMEDIATE VAGINA FLORA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NUGENT SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UGANDA; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEX WORKERS; VAGINA; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871381065     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050319     Document Type: Article

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