Selective screening for chlamydial infection: Which criteria to use?

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-122

  Miller, William C ^a,b   Hoffman, Irving F ^a   Owen O'Dowd, Judy ^c   McPherson, J Todd ^c   Privette, April ^c   Schmitz, John L ^a   Woodlief, Gina ^c   Leone, Peter A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c Sch Pub Hlth Univ N C ^*  (United States)

^d Wake County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Chlamydial infections; Family planning; Ligases; Mass screening; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033984757     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(99)00146-4     Document Type: Article

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