Predictors of repeat Chlamydia trachomatis infections diagnosed by DNA amplification testing among inner city females

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-32

  Burstein, G R ^a   Zenilman, J M ^a   Gaydos, C A ^a   Diener West, M ^b   Howell, M R ^a   Brathwaite, W ^c   Quinn, T C ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^c BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chlamydia; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BALTIMORE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035133697     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.77.1.26     Document Type: Article

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