Estimated incidence and prevalence of genital chlamydia trachomatis infections in the United States, 1996

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 339-344

  Groseclose, Samuel L ^a,b   Zaidi, Akbar A ^a   DeLisle, Susan J ^a   Levine, William C ^a   St Louis, Michael E ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033027452     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199907000-00006     Document Type: Article

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