Prostitutes are a major reservoir of sexually transmitted diseases in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Published in Sex Transm Dis on July 25, 1985

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L J D'Costa, F A Plummer, I Bowmer, L Fransen, P Piot, A R Ronald, H Nsanze

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