Etiology of genital ulcer disease in dakar, senegal, and comparison of PCR and serologic assays for detection of Haemophilus ducreyi

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 268-273

  Totten, Patricia A ^a   Kuypers, Jane M ^a   Chen, Cheng Yen ^b   Alfa, Michelle J ^c   Parsons, Linda M ^d   Dutro, Susan M ^a   Morse, Stephen A ^b   Kiviat, Nancy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; VIRUS DNA;

ADSORPTION; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENEGAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHANCROID; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GROEL PROTEIN; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENEGAL; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 0033987501     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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