Control of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in female army recruits: Cost-effective screening and treatment in training cohorts to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 519-526

  Howell, M René ^a   Gaydos, Joel C ^b,c   Mckee Jr , Kelly T ^d   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,e   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MASS SCREENING; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DNA LIGASES; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; URINE;

EID: 0032865266     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199910000-00007     Document Type: Article

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