Screening for genital Chlamydia trachomatis in teenagers attending a family planning youth clinic: A prevalence study using a strand displacement assay on urine samples

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 215-217

  Baird, Aisling ^a   Green, Tana ^b   King, Helen ^a   Kinghorn, George ^b   Kudesia, Goura ^c  

^a Central Health Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSAY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0036815862     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/147118902101196658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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