Longitudinal epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis serovars in female patients in Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 374-376

  Takahashi, Syun ^a,b   Yamazaki, Tsutomu ^b,c   Satoh, Kozue ^c   Inoue, Miyuki ^b   Takahashi, Sachiko ^b   Ishihara, Osamu ^b   Oka, Yohko ^b   Horiguchi, Yuji ^b   Okuwaki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Suzuki, Satowa ^c   Kishimoto, Toshio ^c  

^a Kochi Women's University   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEROTYPING;

EID: 36549058695     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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