An epidemic of infection, not just testing: Chlamydia prevalence estimates in the Australian Capital Territory 1998-2004 [1]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 286-287

  Currie, Marian J ^a   Bowden, Francis J ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33744813671     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00873.x     Document Type: Letter

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3. Department of Health and Ageing. National Sexually Transmissible Infection Strategy 2005-2008. Canberra (AUST): Commonwealth of Australia; 2005.