A pilot study of the prevalence of chlamydial infection in a national household survey

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 225-228

  Mertz, Kristen J ^a,d   Mcquillan, Geraldine M ^b   Levine, William C ^a   Candal, Debra H ^c   Bullard, Janice C ^c   Johnson, Robert E ^a   St Louis, Michael E ^a   Black, Carolyn M ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031804006     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199805000-00001     Document Type: Article

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