Detection of chlamydia trachomatis among infected women

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 795-802

  Al Jiffri, O ^a   Al Sharif, Fadwa M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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