Diagnostic tests that are worthwhile for patients with sexually transmitted bacterial infections in industrialized countries

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Taylor Robinson, David ^a   Renton, Adrian ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Industrialized countries; STDs

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032952726     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991912917     Document Type: Short Survey

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