STD vaccines--an overview.
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STD vaccines--an overview.
OBJECTIVES To describe the role and current status of vaccine research against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). METHODS The available literature was reviewed with particular emphasis on bacterial STDs. RESULTS Strategic approaches to possible implementation of STD vaccine programmes were analysed. The status of vaccines against bacterial STDs (syphilis, chancroid, gonorrhoea, and chlam...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Infections
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1368-4973
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.5.336