Publications

syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection among women undergoing legal or illegal abortion in maputo.	our objectives were to compare the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (stis) in 103 women undergoing induced legal abortion (la) and in 101 women with confirmed, recent illegal abortion (ia), in maputo, mozambique. for the purpose of this study, la was considered the abortion provided in the maputo central hospital with the approval of the ministry of health, and ia the one not provided through the approved facility, mentioned above. women with ia were recruited in the outpatient gyna ...	2002	11972937
a case-control study on post-caesarean endometritis-myometritis in mozambique.	post-caesarean endometritis-myometritis (pcem) was diagnosed in 49 mozambican women. they were compared with 47 control women without signs of pcem after caesarean section. the patients and controls were matched for age, parity and days post partum. features of the socio-economic background and of past and current obstetric history were registered. endocervical, intracavitary and blood cultures were carried out. screening for syphilis seropositivity and hiv-1 and hiv-2 antibodies was performed. ...	1995	7789913