Association between Mycoplasma genitalium infection and HIV acquisition among female sex workers in Uganda: Evidence from a nested case-control study

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 545-549

  Vandepitte, Judith ^a   Weiss, Helen A ^b   Bukenya, Justine ^a   Kyakuwa, Nassim ^a   Muller, Etienne ^c   Buvé, Anne ^d   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^d,e   Hayes, Richard J ^b   Grosskurth, Heiner ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM INFECTION; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911426748     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051467     Document Type: Article

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