Molecular epidemiology of selected sexually transmitted infections

International Journal of Molecular Epidemiology and Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 167-174

  Jalal, Hamid ^a   Delaney, Andrew ^a   Bentley, Neil ^a   Sonnex, Christopher ^a   Carne, Christopher A ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Epidemiology; Mycoplasma genitalium; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; PCR; Trichomonas vaginalis; Ureaplasma parvum; Ureaplasma urealyticu

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; UREAPLASMA PARVUM;

EID: 84884248698     PISSN: 19481756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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