Behavioural sources of repeat Chlamydia trachomatis infections: Importance of different sex partners

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 248-253

  Niccolai, Linda M ^a   Livingston, Kara A ^a   Laufer, Alison S ^a   Pettigrew, Melinda M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COITUS; CONDOMS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953080999     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.045484     Document Type: Article

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