Molecular epidemiology of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Shenzhen, China

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 272-277

  Zhang, Juan Juan ^a,b   Zhao, Guang Lu ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Hong, Fu Chang ^a   Luo, Zhen Zhou ^c   Lan, Li Na ^a   Zhang, Chun Lai ^a   Peng, Yi ^a   Liu, Xiao Li ^a   Feng, Tie Jian ^a,b   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^d  

^a Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURNING SENSATION; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862830771     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050163     Document Type: Article

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