Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in college women with a polymerase chain reaction assay

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1002-1007

  Cook, Robert L ^a,d   St George, Kirsten ^a   Lassak, Maryann ^a   Tran, Nhung ^a,b   Anhalt, John P ^a,c   Rinaldo, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pasco County Health Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0032940935     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514740     Document Type: Article

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