Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the world

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 431-435

  Agaçfidan, Ali ^a   Kohl, Peter ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b City Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydial infection; Gonorrhea; Human immunodeficiency virus; Sexually transmitted disease; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TURKEY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033008709     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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