Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis among young men and women in military service. Comparison of urethral swab with a urine sample;Forekomst af Chlamydia trachomatis hos værnepligtige: En sammenlignende undersøgelse urinprøve og urethrapodning

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 759-763

  Søgaard, Per ^b   Møller, Birger R ^a   Thorsen, Poul ^b   Nissen, Lars Ravnborg ^b   Pedersen, Steffen ^b   Kargo, Jan Christian ^b   Jensen, Laborant Anne Mette ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; URETHRA; URINE; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DENMARK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; URETHRA;

EID: 0041081976     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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