Self-screening for neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachomatis in the human immunodeficiency virus clinic-high yields and high acceptability

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1107-1109

  Soni, Suneeta ^a   White, John A ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NURSE; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355138649     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31822e6136     Document Type: Article

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