How reliable is self-testing for gonorrhea and chlamydia among men who have sex with men?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 70-78

  Sexton, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Baker, Joseph J ^b   Nakagawa, Keisuke ^c   Li, Ying ^d   Perkins, Rodney ^c   Slack, Rebecca S ^e   Baker, Daniel C ^c   Jucha, Brian ^c   Arora, Sameer ^f   Plankey, Michael W ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WhitmanWalker GMHW Clinic   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMOSEXUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECTUM DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EXAMINATION; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-EXAMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875907551     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: 15337294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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