Signs and symptoms of prevalent and incident cases of gonorrhea and genital chlamydial infection among female prostitutes in Kinshasa, Zaire

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 477-484

  Alary, Michel ^a   Laga, Marie ^b   Vuylsteke, Bea ^b   Nzila, Nzilambi ^b   Piot, Peter ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SCREENING TEST; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 0029759508     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.3.477     Document Type: Article

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