Asymptomatic gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection in rural Tanzanian men

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7026, 1996, Pages 277-280

  Grosskurth, H ^a   Mayaud, P ^b   Mosha, F ^a   Todd, J ^b   Senkoro, K ^a   Newell, J ^b   Gabone, R ^a   Changalucha, J ^a   West, B ^b   Hayes, R ^b   Mabey, D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0029671345     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7026.277     Document Type: Article

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