Distribution of Chlamydia trachomatis serovars among female prostitutes and non-prostitutes in Thailand, and non-prostitutes in Japan during the Mid-90s

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 211-213

  Yamazaki, Tsutomu ^a,b   Hagiwara, Toshikatsu ^a   Kishimoto, Toshio ^a   Sasaki, Nozomu ^b   Takahashi, Sachiko ^b   Ishihara, Osamu ^b   Wangroongsarb, Piyada ^c   Kusum, Mayura ^c   Sirivongrangsan, Pachara ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Heath   (Thailand)

^d Thai Med Soc Stud Sexually T   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROSTITUTION; THAILAND;

EID: 26844487387     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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