Genital chlamydia infections in sexually active female adolescents: Do we really need to screen everyone?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 6-13

  Mosure, Debra J ^a,b,c,d,e   Berman, Stuart ^a,b,c,d   Fine, David ^a,b,c,d   Delisle, Susan ^a,b,c,d   Cates Jr , Willard ^a,b,c,d   Boring III, John R ^a,b,c,d  

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

^b James Bowman Associates   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chlamydia trachomatis; Modeling; Prevalence; Risk factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; CHLAMYDIA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; INFECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEASUREMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ALASKA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031014635     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(96)00157-7     Document Type: Article

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