Slow epidemic of lymphogranuloma venereum L2b strain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1787-1788

  Spaargaren, Joke ^a   Schachter, Julius ^b   Moncada, Jeanne ^b   De Vries, Henry J C ^a,c   Fennema, Han S A ^a   Peña, A Salvador ^d   Coutinho, Roel A ^a,e   Morré, Servaas A ^d  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM L2B; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCTITIS; SAMPLING; SEROTYPE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 27744461978     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1111.050821     Document Type: Article

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