Molecular genetic methods for diagnosis and characterisation of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Impact on epidemiological surveillance and interventions

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 771-784

  Fredlund, Hans ^a   Falk, Lars ^a   Jurstrand, Margaretha ^a   Unemo, Magnus ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C. trachomatis; Characterisation; Diagnosis; Molecular genetic methods; N. gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMP1 GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 12744272147     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm11211-1205.x     Document Type: Review

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