Genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis strains from cultured isolates and nucleic acid amplification test-positive specimens

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 293, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 225-228

  Oehme, Albrecht ^a,b   Gaschler, Gisela ^a   Straube, Eberhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Genotyping

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN OMP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0037772539     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00238     Document Type: Article

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