Aspects of reproductive biology that influence the distribution and spread of Chlamydia trachomatis within the female genital tract: A new paradigm

Drugs of Today

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. B, 2009, Pages 119-124

  Lyons, Joseph M ^a   Morre S A ^b   Land, J A ^c  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COITUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVULATION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SECRETION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 71249122744     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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