An Alternative scenario to explain rectal positivity in chlamydia-infected individuals

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1585-1586

  Rank, Roger G ^a   Yeruva, Laxmi ^b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ANAL INTERCOURSE; BIRD; BOVINE; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CHLAMYDIASIS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GOAT; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PIG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL SCREENING; SCREENING; SHEEP; TREATMENT FAILURE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RECTUM;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECTUM;

EID: 84928556607     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ079     Document Type: Letter

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