Publications

the antibiotic susceptibility of neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in ulaanbaatar, mongolia.		2001	11402235
prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (neisseria gonorrhoeae, chlamydia trachomatis, trichomonas vaginalis and human papillomavirus) in female attendees of a sexually transmitted diseases clinic in ulaanbaatar, mongolia.	epidemiological data suggest that the prevalence of syphilis, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis has increased in both urban and rural areas of mongolia. these data are primarily substantiated by notifications of cases of clinically apparent disease in both rural and urban areas, plus laboratory diagnoses from the aids/std reference center, ulaanbaatar. in the past 5 years, however, there has been a marked decline in the total number of patients being screened for sexually transmitted infections (stis ...	2001	11516062
detection of bacterial pathogens in mongolia meningitis surveillance with a new real-time pcr assay to detect haemophilus influenzae.	since the implementation of haemophilus influenzae (hi) serotype b vaccine, other serotypes and non-typeable strains have taken on greater importance as a cause of hi diseases. a rapid and accurate method is needed to detect all hi regardless of the encapsulation status. we developed 2 real-time pcr (rt-pcr) assays to detect specific regions of the protein d gene (hpd). both hpd assays are very specific and sensitive for detection of hi. of the 63 non-hi isolates representing 21 bacterial specie ...	2011	21276750