Typing of Lymphogranuloma Venereum Chlamydia trachomatis Strains

We analyzed by multilocus sequence typing 77 lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strains from men who have sex with men in Europe and the United States. Specimens from an outbreak in 2003 in Europe were monoclonal. In contrast, several strains were in the United States in the 1980s, inclu...

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Autores principales: Christerson, Linus, de Vries, Henry J.C., de Barbeyrac, Bertille, Gaydos, Charlotte A., Henrich, Birgit, Hoffmann, Steen, Schachter, Julius, Thorvaldsen, Johannes, Vall-Mayans, Martí, Klint, Markus, Herrmann, Björn, Morré, Servaas A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21029543
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1611.100379
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Sumario:We analyzed by multilocus sequence typing 77 lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strains from men who have sex with men in Europe and the United States. Specimens from an outbreak in 2003 in Europe were monoclonal. In contrast, several strains were in the United States in the 1980s, including a variant from Europe.

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