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Genotyping of the prevalent Chlamydia trachomatis strains involved in cervical infections in women in Ahvaz, Iran.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2010
Beni Behrouz Taheri, Motamedi Hossein, Ardakani Mohammad Roayaei
Abstract excerpt
To determine the prevalence of cervical Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes in Iran for the first time and their association with three clinical symptoms/signs, i.e. abnormal vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain (LAP) and swab-induced bleeding, and patient age, 620 cervical specimens were obtained from women with symptomatic genital infection referred to gynaecological clinics and 108 C. trachomatis-positive...
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