Chlamydia trachomatis genovar distribution in clinical urogenital specimens from Tunisian patients: High prevalence of C. trachomatis genovar E and mixed infections

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gharsallah, Houda ^a   Frikha Gargouri, Olfa ^a,b   Sellami, Hanen ^a   Besbes, Fatma ^a   Znazen, Abir ^a   Hammami, Adnene ^a,c  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Genotyping; Reverse hybridization method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE HYBRIDIZATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUNISIA;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COINFECTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TUNISIA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 84870219803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-333     Document Type: Article

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