Prevalence and correlates of antibody to chlamydial heat shock protein in women attending sexually transmitted disease clinics and women with confirmed pelvic inflammatory disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1453-1458

  Eckert, L O ^a   Hawes, S E ^a   Wolner Hanssen P ^a   Money, D M ^a   Peeling, R W ^a   Brunham, R C ^a   Stevens, C E ^a   Eschenbach, D A ^a   Stamm, W E ^a  

^a Box 359865 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

EID: 0030924854     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516479     Document Type: Article

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