Chlamydia in the pacific region, the silent epidemic

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 801-806

  Cliffe, Susan J ^a   Tabrizi, Sepehr ^b,c   Sullivan, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NULLIPARA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; URBAN AREA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

EID: 53749086915     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318175d885     Document Type: Article

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