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Mensenhandel en prostitutie: bestraffing of zelfregulering ter voorkoming van bewust gebruik van gedwongen prostitutie en gedwongen arbeid Ghent University
Mensenhandel en prostitutie: bestraffing of zelfregulering ter voorkoming van bewust gebruik van gedwongen prostitutie en gedwongen arbeid? Ghent University
HTLV-I infection among prostitutes and pregnant women in Kinshasa, Zaïre: how important is high-risk sexual behavior? Institute of Tropical Medicine
High-risk sexual behavior as risk factor for human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection was assessed in cross-sectional studies with 1,183 prostitutes and 1,166 pregnant women in Kinshasa, Zaire. Eighty six (7.3%) prostitutes were positive for HTLV-I. The seroprevalence among prostitutes from the regions along the equator was 12.7%, whereas among prostitutes from the other regions it ranged between 0 and 4.3%. In the prostitutes ...
Clinical algorithms for the screening of women for gonococcal and chlamydial infection: evaluation of pregnant women and prostitutes in Zaire Institute of Tropical Medicine
A substantial proportion of women with gonococcal and/or chlamydial infection are asymptomatic. Thus active case detection is problematical, particularly in developing countries, where facilities and materials for laboratory testing are limited. We assessed the diagnostic validity of the hierarchical clinical algorithms recommended by the World Health Organization as well as that of a nonhierarchical scoring system, using data for 1,160 pregnant ...
Signs and symptoms of prevalent and incident cases of gonorrhea and genital chlamydial infection among female prostitutes in Kinshasa, Zaire Institute of Tropical Medicine
Most studies that have examined the clinical features of gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection have been based on prevalent cases (cases of undetermined onset). In their investigation, the authors compared signs and symptoms of incident (new) cases of these infections with those observed in prevalent cases (involving the same women) that were diagnosed at enrolment in a prospective study of female prostitutes in Kinshasa, Zaire. Neisseria ...