Etiology of genital ulcer disease and association with HIV infection in Malawi

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 923-928

  Phiri, Sam ^a,b   Zadrozny, Sabrina ^b   Weiss, Helen A ^c   Martinson, Francis ^c   Nyirenda, Naomi ^c   Chen, Cheng Yen ^d,e   Miller, William C ^b   Cohen, Myron S ^b   Mayaud, Philippe ^c   Hoffman, Irving F ^b  

^a KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PLACEBO; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHANCROID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SYPHILIS; ULCER;

EID: 84888232244     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000051     Document Type: Article

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