Clinical features of Chlamydia trachomatis rectal infection by serovar among homosexually active men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 392-398

  Boisvert, Jean François ^a,b   Koutsky, Laura A ^a   Suchland, Robert J ^a   Stamm, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM;

EID: 0032774474     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199908000-00006     Document Type: Article

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