Molecular amplification assays to detect chlamydial infections in urine specimens from high school female students and to monitor the persistence of chlamydial DNA after therapy

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 417-424

  Gaydos, Charlotte A ^a   Crotchfelt, Kimberly A ^a   Howell, M Rene ^a   Kralian, Susan ^a   Hauptman, Patricia ^a   Quinn, Thomas C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031883485     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514207     Document Type: Article

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