Chlamydia trachomatis serovar distributions in Russian men and women: A comparison with Dutch serovar distributions

Drugs of Today

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. B, 2009, Pages 33-38

  Smelov, Vitaly ^a,b   Quint, K D ^c   Pleijster, J ^d   Savelkoul, P H M ^d   Shalepo, K ^e   Shipitsyna, E ^e   Domeika, M ^f   Gorelov, A ^a   Savicheva, A ^e   Quint, W G V ^c   De Vries, H J C ^g,h   Ouburg, S ^d   Morre S A ^d  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c DDL Diagnostic Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e D O OTT RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS   (Russian Federation)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEROTYPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RUSSIA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 71249163780     PISSN: 16993993     EISSN: 16994019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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