Chlamydia trachomatis reinfection rates among female adolescents seeking rescreening in school-based health centers

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-237

  Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a,e   Wright, Catherine ^b   Wood, Billie Jo ^a   Waterfield, Gerry ^c   Hobson, Sharon ^c   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Family Planning Council   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e 1159 Ross Research Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REINFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; BALTIMORE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; URINALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 42949152779     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31815c11fe     Document Type: Article

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