Genital chlamydial infection among male attendees at a sexually transmitted disease clinic in urban Taiwan

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 534-539

  Yu, M C ^a   Li, L H ^b   Tang, L H ^c   Chen, K T ^d  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei City STD Control Center   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Prevalence; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA; URETHRA DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; URBAN HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 34250213249     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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