Screening for Urethral, Rectal and Pharyngeal Gonorrhea & Chlamydia among Asymptomatic Male Adolescents and Young Men who have Sex with Men
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C l i n M e d International Library Citation: Ali F, Kaushik GN, Carr ND, Hayes E, Plax KL (2016) Screening for Urethral, Rectal and Pharyngeal Gonorrhea & Chlamydia among Asymptomatic Male Adolescents and Young Men who have Sex with Men. J Fam Med Dis Prev 2:046 Received: August 20, 2016: Accepted: November 04, 2016: Published: November 08, 2016 Copyright: © 2016 Ali F, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Ali et al. J Fam Med Dis Prev 2016, 2:046
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