Neglected parasitic infections in the United States: Trichomoniasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 800-804

  Secor, W Evan ^a   Meites, Elissa ^b   Starr, Michelle C ^c   Workowski, Kimberly A ^b  

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

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

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROIMIDAZOLE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900431927     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0723     Document Type: Review

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