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Rural gonorrhea in the southeastern United States: a neglected epidemic?
Some rural counties in the southeastern United States are experiencing high rates of gonorrhea; however, existing knowledge of epidemiologic patterns of gonorrhea within communities is from urban areas. This paper describes the epidemiology of gonorrhea within a rural county of North Carolina and compares it with the patterns described for large cities. Data include gonorrhea reports from priva...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.68.1.13