Gonorrhoea: Auxotypes, serovars, and clinical manifestations among female sex workers from Kinshasa, Zaïre

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 564-566

  Mukenge Tshibaka, L ^a   Alary, Michel ^a   Van Dyck, E ^b   Laga, M ^b   Nzila, N ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Projet SIDA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Auxotypes; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Serovars; Symptoms signs

Indexed keywords

PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 79959951143     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.73.6.564     Document Type: Article

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