High prevalence of syphilis among demobilized child soldiers in Eastern Congo: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Syphilis, a known major public health issue for soldiers during periods of conflict, is exacerbated in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to widespread sexual violence. However, there has been no previous study to determine the extent of this problem. Therefore, we determined the preva...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178468/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21896173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1505-5-16 |