Genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis from clinical specimens in Taiwan

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-308

  Hsu, Min Chih ^a   Tsai, Pei Yi ^a   Chen, Kow Tong ^b   Li, Lan Hui ^c   Chiang, Chien Chou ^c   Tsai, Jih Jin ^d   Ke, Liang Yin ^d   Chen, Hour Young ^a   Li, Shu Ying ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMP1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORINS; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN; URINE;

EID: 33645106214     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46262-0     Document Type: Article

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