Comparison of Chlamydia serological tests with respect to antibodies against Chlamydia trachomatis

Medical Microbiology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 408-417

  Oehme, Albrecht ^a   Groh, Annemarie ^a   Straube, Eberhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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