Trends in testing and notification for genital gonorrhoea in a northern Australian district, 2004-2008

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-388

  Su, Jiunn Yih ^a,b   Condon, John R ^b  

^a Centre for Disease Control   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

incidence; Indigenous population; Northern Territory; positivity rate; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENITAL GONORRHEA; GONORRHEA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84865023147     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11113     Document Type: Article

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