Prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in young subjects attending community clinics in South London

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-121

  Gopal Rao, G ^a   Bacon, L ^a   Evans, J ^a   Dejahang, Y ^a   Michalczyk, P ^a   Donaldson, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SWAB; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCREENING; URETHRAL SWAB; VULVOVAGINAL SWAB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 41849144502     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.026914     Document Type: Article

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