Clinical characteristics of bacterial vaginosis among women testing positive for fastidious bacteria.

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Published in Sex Transm Infect on November 12, 2008

Authors

C L Haggerty1, P A Totten, M Ferris, D H Martin, S Hoferka, S G Astete, R Ondondo, J Norori, R B Ness

Author Affiliations

1: University of Pittsburgh, Department of Epidemiology, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia 15261, USA. haggerty@pitt.edu

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