Screening for gonorrhea and chlamydia by DNA amplification in adolescents attending middle school health centers. Opportunity for early intervention.

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Published in Sex Transm Dis on September 01, 1998

Authors

G R Burstein1, G Waterfield, A Joffe, J M Zenilman, T C Quinn, C A Gaydos

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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