Repeat infection with chlamydia and gonorrhea among females: A systematic review of the literature

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 478-489

  Hosenfeld, Christina B ^a   Workowski, Kimberly A ^b,c   Berman, Stuart ^b   Zaidi, Akbar ^b   Dyson, Jeri ^d   Mosure, Debra ^b   Bolan, Gail ^a   Bauer, Heidi M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; REINFECTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249150728     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181a2a933     Document Type: Article

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