Molecular Epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Shows Distinct Heterosexual and Homosexual Networks
ABSTRACT Molecular typing, added to epidemiological data, can better identify transmission patterns of gonorrhea in Western countries, where the incidence has recently been rising. From September 2002 to September 2003, patients with a laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of gonorrhea at the Clinic for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, were subjected to a questionnaire pertaining to sexual risk behavior and sexual partners in the 6 months prior to the diagnosis. The Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates were all genotyped using PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism of th... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2006 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology ; volume 44, issue 8, page 2689-2697 ; ISSN 0095-1137 1098-660X |
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American Society for Microbiology
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Schlagwörter: | Microbiology (medical) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26800247 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.02311-05 |