Asymptomatic gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection in a population-based and work-site based sample of men in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 666-674

  Klouman, E ^a,b   Masenga, E J ^c   Sam, N E ^c   Klepp, K I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Asymptomatic; Chlamydia trachomatis; Gonorrhoea; Men; Syndromic treatment; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONORRHEA; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PYURIA; RURAL POPULATION; STAINING AND LABELING; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0033790470     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462001915039     Document Type: Article

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