Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 463-472 , November 2009

Idiopathic Urethritis in Young Men in the United States: Prevalence and Comparison to Infections with Known Sexually Transmitted Pathogens

  • Catherine M. Wetmore, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • Lisa E. Manhart, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Lisa E. Manhart, Ph.D., University of Washington Center for AIDS and STD, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359931, 325 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-2499.
    • ,
  • Matthew R. Golden, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • Center for AIDS and STD, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Received 14 February 2009 ,Accepted 30 June 2009.

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 This work was presented in part at the 17th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research (ISSTDR), Seattle, WA, July 29 to August 1, 2007 (Abstract #O-035).

PII: S1054-139X(09)00261-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.06.024

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 463-472 , November 2009

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