Epidemiologic and microbiologic correlates of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in sexual partnerships

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1737-1742

  Quinn, Thomas C ^a,b,e   Gaydos, Charlotte ^b   Shepherd, Mary ^b   Bobo, Linda ^b   Hook III, Edward W ^b,c,d   Viscidi, Raphael ^b   Rompalo, Anne ^b,c  

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

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

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

^d Center for Palliative Care   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0030447441     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.21.1737     Document Type: Article

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