Concordance between Neisseria gonorrhoeae genotypes recovered from known sexual contacts

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3564-3567

  Bilek, Nicole ^a   Martin, Iona M ^b   Bell, Gill ^c   Kinghorn, George R ^c   Ison, Catherine A ^b   Spratt, Brian G ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIANTIGEN SEQUENCE TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 36348940549     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01453-07     Document Type: Article

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