Evaluation of syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections within the Kisumu Incidence Cohort Study

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 851-859

  Otieno, Fredrick Odhiambo ^a   Ndivo, Richard ^a   Oswago, Simon ^a   Ondiek, Johnson ^a   Pals, Sherri ^b   McLellan Lemal, Eleanor ^b   Chen, Robert T ^b   Chege, Wairimu ^b   Gray, Kristen Mahle ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Kenya; Kisumu; Sexually transmitted infection; STIs; Syndromic management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO COMPUTER ASSISTED SELF INTERVIEW; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED PERSONAL INTERVIEW; CONTACT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCROTAL PAIN; SEX RATIO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYNDROME; SYPHILIS; URETHRAL DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; KENYA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84910038049     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462414523260     Document Type: Article

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