An investigation of genital ulcers in Jackson, Mississippi, with use of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay: High prevalence of chancroid and human immunodeficiency virus infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1060-1066

  Mertz, Kristen J ^a   Weiss, Judith B ^c   Webb, Risa M ^c   Levine, William C ^c   Lewis, Joel S ^c   Orle, Karina A ^c   Totten, Patricia A ^c   Overbaugh, Julie ^c   Morse, Stephen A ^c   Currier, Mary M ^c   Fishbein, Martin ^b   St Louis, Michael E ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ULCUS MOLLE;

EID: 17344366354     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515664     Document Type: Article

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