Co-infection with genital gonorrhoea and genital chlamydia in female sex workers in Yunnan, China

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 329-332

  Chen, Xiang Sheng ^a   Yin, Yue Ping ^a   Liang, Guo Jun ^a   Gong, Xiang Dong ^a   Li, Hua Sheng ^b   Shi, Mei Qin ^a   Yu, Yan Hua ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Kunming Science and Technology Agency   (China)

Author keywords

China; Chlamydia; Co infection; Female sex workers; Gonorrhoea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TAMPON; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINAL DISCHARGE;

EID: 33646376446     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206776790088     Document Type: Article

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