High prevalence of curable sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in a rural county hospital in Kilifi, Kenya.

High prevalence of curable sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women in a rural county hospital in Kilifi, Kenya.

BACKGROUND:Women attending antenatal care (ANC) in resource-limited countries are frequently screened for syphilis and HIV, but rarely for other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We assessed the prevalence of curable STIs, defined as infection with either Chlamydia trachomatis or Neisseria gon...

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Main Authors: Simon Chengo Masha, Elizabeth Wahome, Mario Vaneechoutte, Piet Cools, Tania Crucitti, Eduard J Sanders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5375155?pdf=render

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