Is the increase in notifications of Chlamydia trachomatis infections in Sweden the result of changes in prevalence, sampling frequency or diagnostic methods?

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Published in Scand J Infect Dis on January 01, 2002

Authors

Hannelore Götz1, Johan Lindback, Torvald Ripa, Malin Arneborn, Kristina Ramsted, Karl Ekdahl

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Stockholm.

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