Sexually transmitted infections among African women: an opportunity for combination sexually transmitted infection/HIV prevention

Jenell Stewart¹, Elizabeth Bukusi^{2

3

4}, Connie Celum^{1

2

5}, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe⁶, Jared M Baeten^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine.
² Department of Global Health.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
⁴ Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁶ Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, USA.

Jenell Stewart et al. AIDS. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 1;34(5):651-658.

doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002472.

Jenell Stewart¹, Elizabeth Bukusi^{2

3

4}, Connie Celum^{1

2

5}, Sinead Delany-Moretlwe⁶, Jared M Baeten^{1

2

5}

¹ Department of Medicine.
² Department of Global Health.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
⁴ Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁶ Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

COI: Authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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