Rectal chlamydia - A reservoir of undiagnosed infection in men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-179

  Annan, Naa Torshie ^a,d   Sullivan, A K ^a   Nori, A ^a   Naydenova, P ^a   Alexander, S ^b   McKenna, A ^a   Azadian, B ^a   Mandalia, S ^a   Rossi, M ^a   Ward, H ^b,c   Nwokolo, N ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SCREENING TEST; SEROTYPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONDON; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449130933     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.031773     Document Type: Article

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