Transmission of uropathogens between sex partners

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 989-992

  Foxman, Betsy ^a   Zhang, Lixin ^b   Tallman, Patricia ^b   Andree, Bonnie C ^b   Geiger, Ann M ^b   Koopman, James S ^b   Gillespie, Brenda W ^b   Palin, Karen A ^b   Sobel, Jack D ^b   Rode, Christopher K ^b   Bloch, Craig A ^b   Marrs, Carl F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 16944362730     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514007     Document Type: Article

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