Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection and the sexual behaviour of men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-112

  Benn, P D ^a,b   Rooney, G ^c   Carder, C ^d   Brown, M ^b   Stevenson, S R ^d   Copas, A ^e   Robinson, A J ^b   Ridgway, G L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Camden Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT WESTERN HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; URETHRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RECTAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 34248174917     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.021329     Document Type: Article

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