Punching above their weight: Males, reinfection, and the limited success of chlamydia screening programs

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-10

  Greer, Amy L ^a   Fisman, David N ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; SCREENING; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 59049094901     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181935a90     Document Type: Editorial

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