@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-13-4-593, author = "Srivastava, A. C.", title = "SURVIVAL OF GONOCOCCI IN URETHRAL SECRETIONS WITH REFERENCE TO THE NONSEXUAL TRANSMISSION OF GONOCOCCAL INFECTION", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "1980", volume = "13", number = "4", pages = "593-596", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-13-4-593", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-13-4-593", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY The survival of gonococci on various materials contaminated with gonococcal pus and stored at room temperature was studied. Gonococci were recovered for up to 3 days from a wide variety of hard and soft materials. It is possible that gonorrhoea is transmitted nonvenereally more often than is usually acknowledged, and these results may have medicolegal and social significance.", }