Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis: Results from the first national population-based survey in France

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-270

  Goulet, Véronique ^a   De Barbeyrac, B ^b   Raherison, S ^b   Prudhomme, M ^c   Semaille, C ^a   Warszawski, J ^d,e  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Service de Protection Maternelle et Infantile   (France)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOME CARE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956040399     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.038752     Document Type: Article

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