Patterns of Chlamydia trachomatis testing and follow-up at a University Hospital Medical Center

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 496-499

  Bachmann, Laura H ^a   Richey, Chanty M ^a   Waites, Ken ^b   Schwebke, Jane R ^a   Hook III, Edward W ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Biomedical Research Building II   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ALABAMA; AMERICAS; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; INFECTIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TESTING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALABAMA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032827540     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199910000-00002     Document Type: Article

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