Prevalence of rectal, urethral, and pharyngeal chlamydia and gonorrhea detected in 2 clinical settings among men who have sex with men: San Francisco, California, 2003

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-74

  Kent, Charlotte K ^a,d   Chaw, Janice K ^a   Wong, William ^a,c   Liska, Sally ^a   Gibson, Steven ^b   Hubbard, Gregory ^b   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b Magnet   (United States)

^c CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CENTER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM DISEASE; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 20844440736     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430704     Document Type: Article

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