A discrepancy of Chlamydia trachomatis incidence and prevalence trends in Finland 1983-2003

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lyytikäinen, Erika ^a,b   Kaasila, Marjo ^a   Hiltunen Back, Eija ^a,c   Lehtinen, Matti ^a,d   Tasanen, Kaisa ^b   Surcel, Heljä Marja ^a   Koskela, Pentti ^a   Paavonen, Jorma ^e  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249095026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-169     Document Type: Article

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