Chlamydia trachomatis: Time for screening?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 687-689

  Spiliopoulou, A ^a,b   Lakiotis, V ^a,b   Vittoraki, A ^a,c   Zavou, D ^a,b   Mauri, D ^a,d,e  

^a Panhellenic Association for Continual Medical Research   (Greece)

^b PACMeR   (Greece)

^c PACMeR   (Greece)

^d PACMeR   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Genital infection; Screening programme; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER RISK; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EDITORIAL; EPIDIDYMITIS; EUROPE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFECTION RISK; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 23844488019     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01187.x     Document Type: Editorial

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