Urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis Infections among Ethnic Groups in Paramaribo, Suriname; Determinants and Ethnic Sexual Mixing Patterns

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  van der Helm, Jannie J ^a   Bom, Reinier J M ^a   Grünberg, Antoon W ^b   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^a,c   Schim van der Loeff, Maarten F ^a,c   Sabajo, Leslie O A ^d   de Vries, Henry J C ^a,c,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b Lobi Foundation   (Suriname)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Health   (Suriname)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MIXING; SURINAME; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SURINAME;

EID: 84880416914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068698     Document Type: Article

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