Molecular epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, shows distinct heterosexual and homosexual networks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2689-2697

  Kolader, Marion Eliëtte ^a   Dukers, Nicole H T M ^b,d   Van Der Bij, Akke K ^b   Dierdorp, Mirjam ^c   Fennema, Johan S A ^a,b,c   Coutinho, Roel A ^d,e   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^c,d  

^a Health Service of Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b University of Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PORIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; OPACITY GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORIN GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PORINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 33747190267     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02311-05     Document Type: Article

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