Chancroid in the United States: Reestablishment of an Old Disease

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 258, Issue 22, 1987, Pages 3265-3268

  Schmid, George P ^a   Sanders, Lawrence L ^a   Blount, Joseph H ^a   Alexander, E Russell ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; ULCUS MOLLE; UNITED STATES;

BLACKS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHANCROID; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTITUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023200852     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03400220065038     Document Type: Article

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