Genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis would improve contact tracing

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-210

  Falk, Lars ^a   Lindberg, Margret ^a   Jurstrand, Margaretha ^a   Bäckman, Anders ^a   Olcén, Per ^a   Fredlund, Hans ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LYMECYCLINE; OMP1 PROTEIN, CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; PORIN; PRIMER DNA;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALCULATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONTACT EXAMINATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORINS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037334719     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200303000-00005     Document Type: Article

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