Comparative epidemiology of heterosexual gonococcal and chlamydial networks: Implications for transmission patterns

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 215-223

  Stoner, Bradley P ^a,c   Whittington, W L ^a,b   Hughes, James P ^a   Aral, Sevgi O ^b   Holmes, King K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0034119166     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200004000-00006     Document Type: Article

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