Genetic diversity of Chlamydia trachomatis and the precalence of trachoma

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-220

  Zhang, Jianzhi ^a   Lietman, Thomas ^a,c   Olinger, Lynn ^a   Miao, Yinghui ^a   Stephens, Richard S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Diversity; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEPAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1542723753     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000115501.60397.a6     Document Type: Article

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