C. trachomatis pgp3 Antibody Prevalence in Young Women in England, 1993-2010

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Horner, Paddy ^a   Soldan, Kate ^b   Vieira, Sueli M ^c   Wills, Gillian S ^c   Woodhall, Sarah C ^b   Pebody, Richard ^b   Nardone, Anthony ^b   Stanford, Elaine ^b   McClure, Myra O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PGP3 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882652030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072001     Document Type: Article

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