The diversity of the opa gene in gonococcal isolates from men who have sex with men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 286-288

  Howie, F ^a   Young, H ^a   McMillan, A ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GONORRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 4043119023     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.006775     Document Type: Article

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