Asymptomatic lymphogranuloma venereum in men who have sex with men, United Kingdom

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 112-116

  Saxon, Cara ^a   Hughes, Gwenda ^a   Ison, Catherine ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANULOMA INGUINALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RECTAL DISEASES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECTAL DISEASES; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84950267807     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2201.141867     Document Type: Article

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