High Prevalence of Rectal Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Infection in Women Attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 182-189

  Bazan, Jose A ^a,b   Carr Reese, Patricia ^a   Esber, Allahna ^a   Lahey, Samantha ^a   Ervin, Melissa ^b   Davis, John A ^a   Fields, Karen ^b   Turner, Abigail Norris ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sexual Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; GONORRHEA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL GONORRHEA; RECTUM DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNPROTECTED SEX; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; OHIO; RECTAL DISEASES; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; OHIO; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924676669     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.4948     Document Type: Article

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