High prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in pregnant adolescent girls in Tanzania: a multi-community cross-sectional study

Adolfine Hokororo; Albert Kihunrwa; Pytsje Hoekstra; Samuel E Kalluvya; John M Changalucha; Daniel W Fitzgerald; Jennifer A Downs

doi:10.1136/sextrans-2014-051952

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High prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in pregnant adolescent girls in Tanzania: a multi-community cross-sectional study

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Adolfine Hokororo Department of Pediatrics, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Albert Kihunrwa Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pytsje Hoekstra Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Samuel E Kalluvya Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania Department of Medicine, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John M Changalucha National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniel W Fitzgerald Department of Medicine, Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jennifer A Downs Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, Tanzania Department of Medicine, Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania Department of Medicine, Center for Global Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Adolfine Hokororo, Department of Pediatrics, Bugando Medical Centre, Box 1370, Mwanza, Tanzania; adolfineh{at}gmail.com

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Hokororo A, Kihunrwa A, Hoekstra P, et al

High prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in pregnant adolescent girls in Tanzania: a multi-community cross-sectional study

Sexually Transmitted Infections 2015;91:473-478.

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Received November 26, 2014
Revised February 11, 2015
Accepted March 9, 2015
First published April 1, 2015.

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November 20, 2018

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