Chlamydia trachomatis in symptomatic and asymptomatic men: Detection in urine by enzyme immunoassay

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 62-65

  Mason, P R ^a,b,d   Gwanzura, L ^a   Gregson, S ^b   Katzenstein, D A ^c  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d BRTI   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRITIS; URINE; ZIMBABWE;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETHRITIS; URINE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 1542598817     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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