Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-14

  Mania Pramanik, Jayanti ^a   Potdar, Shobha ^a   Kerkar, Shilpa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Diagnosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 33644787380     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20092     Document Type: Article

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