Prevalence of the Trichomonas vaginalis infection in a tertiary care hospital in rural Bangalore, Southern India

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1401-1403

  Dharma Vijaya, M N ^a   Umashankar, K M ^a   Sudha, ^a   Gulab Nagure, Abed ^a   Kavitha, G ^a  

^a MVJ Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Culture; Trichomonas vaginalis infection; Wet mount

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VAGINITIS;

TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 84879896555     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5375.3140     Document Type: Article

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