Gonorrhoea & its co-infection with other ulcerative, non-ulcerative sexually transmitted & HIV infection in a Regional STD Centre

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-349

  Bala, Manju ^a   Mullick, Jhinuk Basu ^a   Muralidhar, Sumathi ^a   Kumar, Joginder ^a   Ramesh, V ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION; URETHRITIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INDIA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 79952971659     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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