Managing Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the Tropics: Is a Laboratory Really Needed?

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-46

  Mayaud, Philippe ^a   Mabey, David C W ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOSIS; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TROPICS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034001253     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550003000122     Document Type: Article

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