Epidemiology of reproductive tract infections in a symptomatic population of Nord-East of Italy;Prevalenza di agenti d'infezioni del tratto riproduttivo in una popolazione sintomatica del Nord-Est

Minerva Ginecologica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-142

  Trevisan, A ^a   Mengoli, C ^a,b   Rossi, L ^a   Cattai, M ^a   Cavallaro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Epidemiology; Italy; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Sexually transmitted diseases; Trichomonas vaginalis; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URETHRA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL SMEARS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 47249148398     PISSN: 00264784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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