Lymphogranuloma venereum

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages

  Herring, A ^a   Richens, J ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLING; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RECTAL DISEASES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; UNSAFE SEX; URETHRAL DISEASES;

EID: 33845904109     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.023143     Document Type: Short Survey

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