Chlamydia trachomatis Genotypes and the Swedish new variant among urogenital chlamydia trachomatis strains in Finland

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Niemi, Suvi ^a   Hiltunen Back, Eija ^b,c   Puolakkainen, Mirja ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; CHLAMYDIASIS; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN;

OMPA OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 79959222094     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/481890     Document Type: Article

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