Screening for pharyngeal Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic men who have sex with men [2]

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1232, 2006, Pages

  Coughlan, Edward ^a   Young, Sheryl ^b  

^a Christchurch Sexual Health Centre   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX EXAMINATION; RECTUM; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33646001123     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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