Trichomonas vaginalis infection in male sexual partners: Implications for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-22

  Seña, Arlene C ^a,c,g   Miller, William C ^a,b   Hobbs, Marcia M ^a   Schwebke, Jane R ^e,f   Leone, Peter A ^a,d   Swygard, Heidi ^a   Atashili, Julius ^b   Cohen, Myron S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c Durham County Health Department   (United States)

^d Wake County Human Services   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f Jefferson County Health Department   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES; URINE CULTURE; VAGINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEMEN; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; URETHRA; URINE; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 33845700535     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511144     Document Type: Article

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