Longitudinal assessment of infecting serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis in Seattle Public Health Clinics: 1988-1996

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-361

  Suchland, Robert J ^a   Eckert, Linda O ^a,b   Hawes, Stephen E ^a   Stamm, Walter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0344838680     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200304000-00016     Document Type: Article

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