Use of PCR for the detection of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection on self-obtained mailed vaginal samples

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 570-575

  Domeika, Marius ^a   Drulyte, Odeta ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Klaipeda's Seamen Hospital   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

C. trachomatis; Diagnosis; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF-EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VAGINA;

EID: 0033918914     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2000.079007570.x     Document Type: Article

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