The epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis within a sexually transmitted diseases core group

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 950-956

  Brunham, Robert C ^a   Kimani, Joshua ^b   Bwayo, Job ^b   Maitha, Gregory ^b   Maclean, Ian ^b   Yang, Chunlin ^b   Shen, Caixia ^b   Roman, Susan ^b   Nagelkerke, Nico J D ^b   Cheang, Mary ^b   Plummer, Francis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRACHOMA;

EID: 19144364377     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.4.950     Document Type: Article

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