Transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis among Sex Partners Assessed by Polymerase Chain Reaction

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 488-492

  Viscidi, Raphael P ^a,b,c,d   Hobo, Linda ^a,b,c,d   Hook, Edward W ^a,b,c,d   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Baltimore City Hlth Dept Chest C   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027261211     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/168.2.488     Document Type: Article

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