High rates of reinfection and incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infections in a cohort of female sex workers from two Indian cities: Need for different STI control strategies?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-10

  Das, Anjana ^a   Pathni, Anupam Khungar ^b   Narayanan, Prakash ^a   George, Bitra ^a   Morineau, Guy ^a   Saidel, Tobi ^b   Prabhakar, Parimi ^a   Deshpande, Gururaj Rao ^c   Gangakhedkar, Raman ^c   Mehendale, Sanjay ^d   Risbud, Arun ^c  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b India Country Office ^*

^c NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d National Institute of Epidemiology   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROL STRATEGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REINFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ADULT; CITIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; RECURRENCE; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84873407762     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050472     Document Type: Article

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