Increases in gonorrhea among high school students following hurricane Katrina

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-198

  Nsuami, M J ^a,b   Taylor, S N ^a   Smith, B S ^a   Martin, D H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CYCLONES; DISASTERS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEW ORLEANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS;

EID: 66449091767     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.031781     Document Type: Article

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