Serogroup distribution of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis in urban ethnic groups in the Netherlands

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 409-414

  Verweij, S P ^a   Quint, K D ^b,c   Bax, C J ^d,e   Van Leeuwen, A P ^f,g   Mutsaers, J A E M ^d   Jansen, C L ^d   Oostvogel, P M ^d   Ouburg, S ^a   Morre S A ^a,h   Peters, R P H ^f,i  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DDL Diagnostic Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology MC Haaglanden ^*  (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Municipal Medical and Health Service of The Hague   (Netherlands)

^g MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ ANOVA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; ethnicity; serogroup; sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP C; BLOOD GROUP I SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DUTCH ANTILLEAN; DUTCH CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICAN TURKISH; SURINAMESE; URBAN AREA; AFRICA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAUCASIAN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURINAME; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEROTYPING; SURINAME; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; WEST INDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894354081     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881300071X     Document Type: Article

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