Contact tracing for genital Chlamydia trachomatis in a Swedish County

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 433-436

  Eitrem, Rickard ^a,b   Erenius, Marianne ^a   Meeuwisse, Agnetha ^a  

^a BLEKINGE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL WORKER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031668438     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199809000-00010     Document Type: Article

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