Where has all the chlamydia come from? The clinical impact of the introduction of an improved chlamydia test

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-165

  Sherrard, Jackie ^a,b   Rings, Margaret ^a   Hall, Chris ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Horton General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDYLOMA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINITIS; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 14644401122     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462053057558     Document Type: Article

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