Urine-based testing for Chlamydia trachomatis among young adults in a population-based survey in Croatia: Feasibility and prevalence

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Božičević, Ivana ^a   Grgić, Ivana ^b   Židovec Lepej, Snježana ^b   Čakalo, Jurja Ivana ^a   Belak Kovačević, Sanja ^b   Štulhofer, Aleksandar ^c   Begovac, Josip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Croatia   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953840893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-230     Document Type: Article

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