Genital Chlamydia trachomatis (serotypes D-K) infection in Jamaican commercial street sex workers

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 362-364

  Dowe, G ^a   King, S D ^b   Brathwaite, A R ^c   Wynter, Z ^a   Chout, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^c Centre Hospitalier du Lamentin   (France)

Author keywords

Chlamydial infection; Jamaica; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RATE; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0030726011     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.5.362     Document Type: Article

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