Determinants of reinfection with Chlamydia trachomatis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 4-11

  Richey, Charity M ^a,d   Macaluso, Maurizio ^b   Hook III, Edward W ^a,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Department of Health ^*  (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ALABAMA; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; INCIDENCE; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALABAMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032944104     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199901000-00002     Document Type: Article

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