Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in urban Sydney women: Prevalence and predictors

Sexual Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-244

  McDonagh, Paula ^a   Ryder, Nathan ^a,b   McNulty, Anna M ^a,b   Freedman, Eleanor ^a  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Epidemiology; Sexually transmissible infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349114710     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09025     Document Type: Article

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