Non-sexual transmission of Trichomonas vaginalis in adolescent girls attending school in Ndola, Zambia.

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Published in PLoS One on January 31, 2011

Authors

Tania Crucitti1, Vicky Jespers, Chanda Mulenga, Shepherd Khondowe, Judith Vandepitte, Anne Buvé

Author Affiliations

1: HIV/STI Reference Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. tcrucitti@itg.be

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