Comparison of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection incidence between women with infertility and healthy women in Iran using PCR and immunofluorescence methods

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Marashi, Seyed Mahmoud Amin ^a   Moulana, Zahra ^b   Imani Fooladi, Abbas Ali ^c   Karim, Mohammad Mashhadi ^c  

^a ALBORZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Infertility; Iran; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898680496     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.9450     Document Type: Article

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