Chlamydia trachomatis infection as a risk factor for infertility among women in Ghana, West Africa

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-327

  Siemer, Jorn ^a   Theile, Oliver ^b   Larbi, Yaw ^c   Fasching, Peter A ^a   Danso, K A ^c   Kreienberg, Rolf ^b   Essig, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; BLOOD; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GHANA; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PREGNANCY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 41249100872     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.323     Document Type: Article

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