Lymphogranuloma venereum in Portugal: Unusual events and new variants during 2007

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-91

  Gomes, João Paulo ^a   Nunes, Alexandra ^a   Florindo, Carlos ^a   Ferreira, Maria Arminda ^a   Santo, Irene ^b   Azevedo, Jacinta ^b   Borrego, Maria José ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b Lapa Health Centre   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; OMPA OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION; PORTUGAL; SAMPLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749116915     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31818b1e27     Document Type: Article

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