Improved contact tracing of Chlamydia trachomatis in a Swedish county - Is genotypinq worthwhile?

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-13

  Österlund, Anders ^a   Persson, Tina ^b   Persson, Ingrid ^b   Lysén, Maria ^c   Herrmann, Björn ^c,d  

^a Landstinghuset ^*  (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Contact tracing; Genotyping; ompA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CASE FINDING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SWEDEN;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWEDEN;

EID: 13244273807     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462052932809     Document Type: Article

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