Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis & herpes simplex virus in males with urethritis & females with cervicitis attending STD clinic

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 116, Issue AUG., 2002, Pages 58-63

  Malathi, J ^a   Madhavan, H N ^a   Therese, K L ^a   Rinku, J P ^a   Narendar, K P ^b  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

C. trachomatis urethritis; Chlamydia trachomatis endocervicitis; HSV endocervicitis infection; HSV urethritis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLEXVIRUS; URETHRITIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0036706185     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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