The value of testing multiple anatomic sites for gonorrhoea and chlamydia in sexually transmitted infection centres in the Netherlands, 2006-2010

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 626-631

  Koedijk, F D H ^a   van Bergen, J E A M ^a,b   Dukers Muijrers, N H T M ^c,d   van Leeuwen, A P ^e   Hoebe, C J P A ^c,d   van der Sande, M A B ^a,f  

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

^b National Institute for STI and AIDS Control in the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c South Limburg Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anorectal; Chlamydia; Gonorrhoea; MSM; Multiple site; Oral; Pharyngeal; Screening; Sexually transmitted infection; STI; Testing; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; PHARYNGITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENITALIA; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHARYNX;

EID: 84867067962     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2012.011378     Document Type: Article

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