Distinct Transmission Networks of Chlamydia trachomatis in Men Who Have Sex with Men and Heterosexual Adults in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bom, Reinier J M ^a   van der Helm, Jannie J ^a   Schim van der Loeff, Maarten F ^a,b   van Rooijen, Martijn S ^a   Heijman, Titia ^a   Matser, Amy ^a,c   de Vries, Henry J C ^a,b   Bruisten, Sylvia M ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 84872440762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053869     Document Type: Article

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