Genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis from the endocervical specimens of high-risk women in Hungary

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 760-764

  Petrovay, Fruzsina ^a   Balla, Eszter ^a   Németh, István ^b   Gönczöl, Éva ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b GEDEON RICHTER LTD   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; UTERINE ENDOCERVIX;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CERVIX UTERI; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PORINS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449125047     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.008607-0     Document Type: Article

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