Prevalence of reproductive tract infections and the predictive value of girls' symptom-based reporting: findings from a cross-sectional survey in rural western Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 251-256

  Kerubo, Emily ^a   Laserson, Kayla F ^b   Otecko, Newton ^a   Odhiambo, Collins ^a   Mason, Linda ^c   Nyothach, Elizabeth ^a   Oruko, Kelvin O ^a   Bauman, Ashley ^c   Vulule, John ^a   Zeh, Clement ^b   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

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

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SANITARY PAD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA PAIN; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VAGINITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84959470097     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052371     Document Type: Article

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