Lymphogranuloma venereum in the industrialised world

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9471, 2005, Pages 1607-1608

  Blank, Susan ^a   Schillinger, Julia A ^a,b   Harbatkin, Dawn ^c  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

^c NY ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECTUM DISEASE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; HOMOSEXUALITY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EUROPE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; PROCTITIS; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18744397855     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66490-2     Document Type: Note

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