Diagnosis of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection by use of DNA amplification

APMIS, Supplement

Volumn 107, Issue 89, 1999, Pages 5-36

  Østergaard, Lars ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033063849     PISSN: 0903465X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.1999.tb05672.x     Document Type: Review

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