Sustained high prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in female Army recruits

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 539-544

  Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a   Howell, M René ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^b   McKee Jr , Kelly T ^c   Gaydos, Joel C ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Dept Def Global Emerging IS/RS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; NONHUMAN; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0038236632     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200307000-00002     Document Type: Article

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