Mailed, home-obtained urine specimens: A reliable screening approach for detecting asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 976-980

  Morré, Servaas A ^a   Van Valkengoed, Irene G M ^b   De Jong, Afke ^a   Boeke, A Joan P ^b   Van Eijk, Jacques T M ^b   Meijer, Chris J L M ^a   Van Den Brule, Adriaan J C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DEGRADATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0032998478     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.976-980.1999     Document Type: Article

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