Chlamydia trachomatis re-infections in a population-based cohort of women

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-50

  Liu, Bette ^a   Guy, Rebecca ^a   Donovan, Basil ^a,b   Kaldor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873414143     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050252     Document Type: Article

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