Emergence of the new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis in a defined area of Sweden before 2002?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Jurstrand, Margaretha ^a   Olcén, Per ^a   Magnuson, Anders ^a   Jakobsson, Lena ^a   Fredlund, Hans ^a   Unemo, Magnus ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77958035069     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.040196     Document Type: Article

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