Pooling of Chlamydia laboratory tests to determine the prevalence of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 109-117

  Diamant, J ^a   Benis, R ^a   Schachter, J ^a   Moncada, J ^a   Pang, F ^a   Jha, H C ^a   Bhatta, R C ^a   Chaudhary, J S P ^a   Porco, T ^a   Lietman, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chlamydial infection; Conjunctiva; Ligase chain reaction; Nepal; Pooling of data; Trachoma prevalence

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONJUNCTIVA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EYE INFECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVA; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRACHOMA;

EID: 17844376204     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.8.2.109.4156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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