OmpA genotypic evidence for persistent ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Tanzanian village women

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 127-135

  Smith, A ^a   Munoz B ^a   Hsieh, Y H ^a   Bobo, L ^a   Mkocha, H ^a   West, S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Chlamydia trachomatis infection; OmpA genotype; Rural women; Tanzania; Trachoma; Trichiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TANZANIA; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0034919837     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.8.2.127.4164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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