Chlamydia trachomatis infections in female soldiers, Israel

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1344-1346

  Bamberger, Ellen S ^a   Siegler, Efraim ^b   Makler Shiran, Einat ^b   Patel, Mihir V ^b   Steinberg, Jordan M ^c   Gershtein, Rosa ^a   Srugo, Isaac ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOLDIER;

EID: 0141643197     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0910.030100     Document Type: Article

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