Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection in apparently healthy adult population of Tamil Nadu, India: A population-based study

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-55

  Joyce, A G ^a   Thyagarajan, S P ^a   Rajendran, P ^a   Hari, R ^a   Balakrishnan, P ^a   Jeyaseelan, L ^b   Kurien, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Community prevalence; Genital chlamydia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0346672389     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646204322637272     Document Type: Article

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