Persistent, undetected Trichomonas vaginalis infections?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-260

  Peterman, Thomas A ^a   Tian, Lin H ^a   Metcalf, Carol A ^d   Malotte, C Kevin ^b   Paul, Sindy M ^c   Douglas Jr , John M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^d HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INPOUCH TV TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA SMEAR; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URINE;

EID: 58749083705     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595706     Document Type: Letter

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