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Microb Cell. 2016 Sep 05;3(9):371-389. doi: 10.15698/mic2016.09.524.

Gonorrhea - an evolving disease of the new millennium.

Microbial cell (Graz, Austria)

Stuart A Hill, Thao L Masters, Jenny Wachter

Affiliations

  1. Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435.

PMID: 28357376 PMCID: PMC5354566 DOI: 10.15698/mic2016.09.524

Abstract

Etiology, transmission and protection:

Keywords: antibiotic resistance; antigenic variation; immune manipulation; panmictic; pathogenesis

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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