Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes associated with pneumonia in Chilean infants

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 313-316

  Martínez, María A ^a   Millán, Francisca ^b   González, Cecilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OMP1 PROTEIN, CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; PORIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66849103681     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540902744758     Document Type: Article

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