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Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study

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Main Author: Gopolang, Felicity Pinkie
Other Authors: Myer, Landon
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Public Health and Family Medicine 2015
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11896 Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study Gopolang, Felicity Pinkie Myer, Landon Public Health Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-60). Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common cause of vaginal symptoms among women of childbearing age, although some women may be asymptomatic. The etiology of BV has been uncertain for many years, but several studies have related an increased frequency of BV to multiple diverse factors such as smoking, sexual behavior, vaginal douching, black race, sexually transmitted infections, and certain socio-economic factors. BV infection may lead to adverse reproductive health outcomes and may also increase the susceptibility of women to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It is therefore of importance to know the risk factors for BV among a population so that mechanisms of prevention can be developed. 2015-01-10T06:50:31Z 2015-01-10T06:50:31Z 2009 Master Thesis Masters MPH http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11896 eng application/pdf Department of Public Health and Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Public Health
Gopolang, Felicity Pinkie
Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study
thesis_degree_str Master's
title Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study
title_full Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study
title_short Determinants of bacterial vaginosis (BV) in HIV negative women living in Cape Town, South Africa : a cross-sectional study
title_sort determinants of bacterial vaginosis bv in hiv negative women living in cape town south africa a cross sectional study
topic Public Health
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11896
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