Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in women attending sexually transmitted disease clinics in the Colombo district, Sri Lanka

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-60

  Kamani Mangalika, Gunasekera Henadira Appuhamilage ^a   Cankanamge, Silva Koththigoda ^a   Priyadarshana, Dhammike ^a   Shamini, Prathapan ^a   Sujatha, Mananwatte ^b   Geeganage, Weerasinghe ^b   Nalaka, Abeygunasekera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Professorial Surgical Unit   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; female; polymerase chain reaction; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIXED INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SRI LANKA; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINITIS; ADOLESCENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899421013     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.130898     Document Type: Article

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