An assessment and evaluation of methods for diagnosis of chlamydial and gonococcal infections

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 791-800

  Chomvarin, Chariya ^a   Chantarsuk, Yingrit ^a   Thongkrajai, Pramote ^a   Waropastrakul, Nareas ^a   Tesana, Nongluck ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Region 6 Communicable Disease Control   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND;

EID: 0031306575     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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