Update on Chlamydia trachomatis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 900, Issue , 2000, Pages 293-300

  Guaschino, S ^a   De Seta, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Dept of Obstet and G B G ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALPINGITIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 0034017362     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06241.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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