Genital infection by Chlamydia trachomatis in Lisbon: Prevalence and risk markers

Family Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 362-364

  De Sá, Armando Brito ^a   Gomes, João Paulo ^b   Viegas, Sílvia ^b   Ferreira, Maria Arminda ^b   Paulino, Albertina ^b   Catry, Maria Dos Anjos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Contact tracing; Epidemiology; Polymerase chain reaction; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

EID: 0036331175     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/19.4.362     Document Type: Article

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