Audit of antenatal screening for syphilis and HIV in migrant and refugee women on the Thai-Myanmar border: A descriptive study

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Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages

  McGready, Rose ^a,b,c   Kang, Joy ^a   Watts, Isabella ^a   Tyrosvoutis, Mary Ellen G ^a   Torchinsky, Miriam B ^a   Htut, Aung Myo ^a   Tun, Nay Win ^a   Keereecharoen, Lily ^a   Wangsing, Chirapat ^a   Hanboonkunupakarn, Borimas ^b   Nosten, François H ^a,b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV syphilis pregnancy yaws refugees migrants Myanmar

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020498630     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.4190.2     Document Type: Note

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