The global epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis: A systematic review

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 505-523

  Kenyon, Chris ^a,b   Colebunders, Robert ^a   Crucitti, Tania ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; concurrency; epidemiology; ethnicity; sexual networks

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VAGINITIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; CONCURRENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; SEXUAL NETWORKS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84888638983     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.05.006     Document Type: Review

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