Sexually transmitted infections in women

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. 244, 2014, Pages 68-74

  Van Der Pol, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; herpes simplex virus; molecular diagnostics; Mycoplasma genitalium; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; serology; syphilis; Trichomonas vaginalis

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; GONORRHEA; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; VAGINITIS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 84905399056     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2014.936691     Document Type: Conference Paper

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