Seroepidemiological and socioeconomic studies of genital chlamydial infection in Ethiopian women.
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Seroepidemiological and socioeconomic studies of genital chlamydial infection in Ethiopian women.
OBJECTIVE To measure the prevalence of chlamydial genital infection in Ethiopian women attending gynaecological, obstetric and family planning clinics; to identify the epidemiological, social and economic factors affecting the prevalence of infection in a country where routine laboratory culture and serological tests for chlamydial species are unavailable; to determine the risk factors for geni...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.68.4.221