Trends in chlamydia positivity among heterosexual patients from the Victorian Primary Care Network for Sentinel Surveillance, 2007-2011

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 166-169

  Lim, Megan S C ^a   El Hayek, Carol ^a   Goller, Jane L ^a   Fairley, Christopher K ^b,c   Nguyen, Phuong L T ^a   Hamilton, Rochelle A ^d   Henning, Dorothy J ^e   McNamee, Kathleen M ^f,g   Hellard, Margaret E ^a   Stoove, Mark A ^a  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d Barwon Health   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Family Planning Victoria   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894036286     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10108     Document Type: Article

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