Female genital tuberculosis in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 37-41

  Abebe, M ^a   Lakew, M ^b   Kidane, D ^a   Lakew, Z ^b   Kiros, K ^b   Harboe, M ^c  

^a ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESAT 6 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ESAT-6 PROTEIN, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUBERCULOSIS, FEMALE GENITAL;

EID: 33750123073     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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