Effects of screening and partner notification on chlamydia positivity in the united states: A modeling study

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 325-331

  Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a,b   Satterwhite, Catherine ^c   Leichliter, Jami ^c   Berman, Stuart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; REINFECTION; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859882862     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31824e52c2     Document Type: Article

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