Chlamydia trachomatis serovars in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Predominance of serovar E in ophthalmia neonatorum [2]

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1041-

  Fermepin, Marcelo Rodriguez ^a   Entrocassi, Andrea Carolina ^a   Sauka, Diego H ^a   Vaulet, María Lucía Gallo ^a   Corominas, Ana I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN OPHTHALMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPE;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONJUNCTIVA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; SEROTYPING; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URETHRA;

EID: 36348981017     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31815c1bf1     Document Type: Letter

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