Chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission from the female oropharynx to the male urethra

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 372-373

  Marcus, Julia L ^a   Kohn, Robert P ^a   Barry, Pennan M ^a   Philip, Susan S ^a   Bernstein, Kyle T ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FELLATIO; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OROPHARYNX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRITIS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OROPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URETHRA; URETHRITIS;

EID: 79954699583     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182029008     Document Type: Article

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