Chlamydia trachomatis infection among female inmates at Briman prison in Saudi Arabia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fageeh, Wafa ^a   Badawood, Sami ^b   Al Thagafi, Hanin ^a   Yasir, Muhammad ^c   Azhar, Esam ^c   Farraj, Suha ^c   Alomary, Mona ^c   Alsaeed, Moneerah ^c   Yaghmoor, Soonham ^c   Kumosani, Taha ^c  

^a King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Briman Prison; Chlamydia trachomatis; Female inmates; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SOMALIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOMALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899051043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-267     Document Type: Article

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