Epidemiological and genetic correlates of incident Chlamydia trachomatis infection in North American adolescents

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 190, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1723-1729

  Geisler, William M ^a   Tang, Jianming ^a   Wang, Chengbin ^b   Wilson, Craig M ^a,c   Kaslow, Richard A ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B44 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HIV INFECTIONS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8544240165     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425077     Document Type: Article

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