Demonstration of declining community prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection using sentinel surveillance

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-24

  Bachmann, Laura H ^a   Macaluso, Maurizio ^a   Hook III, Edward W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0037225375     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200301000-00005     Document Type: Article

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