Correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a primary care sentinel surveillance network

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-253

  Lim, Megan S C ^a,b   Goller, Jane L ^a   Guy, Rebecca ^a   Gold, Judy ^a,b   Stoove, Mark ^a   Hocking, Jane S ^c   Fairley, Christopher K ^c,d   Henning, Dot ^e   McNamee, Kathy ^b,f   Owen, Louise ^g   Sheehan, Penny ^h   Hellard, Margaret E ^a,b  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Family Planning Victoria   (Australia)

^g Centre Clinic/Gay Men's Health Centre   (Australia)

^h ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; proportion positive; risk factors; sexually transmissible infections.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNSAFE SEX; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862544495     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11019     Document Type: Article

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