A cross-sectional study of Mycoplasma genitalium infection and correlates in women undergoing population-based screening or clinic-based testing for Chlamydia infection in London

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Svenstrup, Helle F ^a   Dave, S S ^a   Carder, C ^b   Grant, P ^b   Morris Jones, S ^b   Kidd, M ^b   Stephenson, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM INFECTION; MYCOPLASMOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; ENGLAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84896834832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003947     Document Type: Article

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