First detection of chlamydia trachomatis LGV biovar in the Czech Republic, 2010-2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Vanousova, D ^a   Zakoucka H ^b   Jilich, D ^a   Rozsypal, H ^a   Stankova, M ^a   Zufanova, S ^b   Vojackova, N ^a   Hercogova, J ^a   Marvan, J ^c   MacHala, L ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BIOTYPE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONSTIPATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; GONORRHEA; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCTITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TENESMUS;

EID: 84856008584     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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