Prevalence of Chlamydia infection among women visiting a gynaecology outpatient department: evaluation of an in-house PCR assay for detection of <it>Chlamydia trachomatis</it>

• Main Authors: Patel Achchhe L (Author), Sachdev Divya (Author), Nagpal Poonam (Author), Chaudhry Uma (Author), Sonkar Subash C (Author), Mendiratta Suman L (Author), Saluja Daman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Screening women for <it>Chlamydia trachomatis </it>infection in developing countries is highly desirable because of asymptomatic infection. The existing diagnostic methods in developing countries are not effective and the...