Should we screen heterosexuals for extra-genital chlamydial and gonococcal infections?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 462-466

  Garner, Anna L ^a   Schembri, Gabriel ^a   Cullen, Thomas ^a   Lee, Vincent ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chlamydia; extra genital infection; gonorrhoea; Heterosexual; pharyngeal; rectal; screening; sexually transmitted infection; throat; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FELLATIO; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; THROAT CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ECONOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RECTUM; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84930720602     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462414543120     Document Type: Article

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