The prevalence of urethral infections amongst asymptomatic young men in Hat Yai, southern Thailand

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 402-405

  Chandeying, Verapol ^a   Skov, Steven ^b,d   Duramad, Paurene ^a   Makepeace, Ben ^c   Ward, Michael ^c   Khunigij, Paiwan ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Tri State STD/HIV Project   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d AIDS/STD Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic males; Thailand; Urethral infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PELVIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION; INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; MEN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS--MEN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCHOOLS; SEX BEHAVIOR--MEN; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDENTS--MEN; THAILAND; UNIVERSITIES; UROGENITAL EFFECTS--MEN; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; YOUTH--MEN;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 0034040372     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462001915985     Document Type: Article

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