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

Simon Chengo MashaElizabeth WahomeMario VaneechouttePiet CoolsTania CrucittiEduard J Sanders

Published in: PloS one (2017)

One in five women attending ANC had a curable STI. These infections were associated with genital ulcers, hygiene practices, early sexual debut and bacterial vaginosis.

Keyphrases

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