Urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis serovars in men and women with a symptomatic or asymptomatic infection: An association with clinical manifestations?

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2292-2296

  Morre S A ^a   Rozendaal, L ^a   Van Valkengoed, I G M ^b   Boeke, A J P ^b   Van Voorst Vader, P C ^e   Schirm, J ^f   De Blok, S ^c   Van Den Hoek, J A R ^d   Van Doornum, G J J ^d   Meijer, C J L M ^a   Van Den Brule, A J C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Public Health Service of Groningen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 17644432205     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.6.2292-2296.2000     Document Type: Article

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