Slow Epidemic of Lymphogranuloma Venereum L2b Strain

We traced the Chlamydia trachomatis L2b variant in Amsterdam and San Francisco. All recent lymphogranuloma venereum cases in Amsterdam were caused by the L2b variant. This variant was also present in the 1980s in San Francisco. Thus, the current "outbreak" is most likely a slowly evolving...

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Autores principales: Spaargaren, Joke, Schachter, Julius, Moncada, Jeanne, de Vries, Henry J.C., Fennema, Han S.A., Peña, A. Salvador, Coutinho, Roel A., Morré, Servaas A.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16318741
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1111.050821
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author Spaargaren, Joke
Schachter, Julius
Moncada, Jeanne
de Vries, Henry J.C.
Fennema, Han S.A.
Peña, A. Salvador
Coutinho, Roel A.
Morré, Servaas A.
author_facet Spaargaren, Joke
Schachter, Julius
Moncada, Jeanne
de Vries, Henry J.C.
Fennema, Han S.A.
Peña, A. Salvador
Coutinho, Roel A.
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description We traced the Chlamydia trachomatis L2b variant in Amsterdam and San Francisco. All recent lymphogranuloma venereum cases in Amsterdam were caused by the L2b variant. This variant was also present in the 1980s in San Francisco. Thus, the current "outbreak" is most likely a slowly evolving epidemic.
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spelling pubmed-33673372012-06-07 Slow Epidemic of Lymphogranuloma Venereum L2b Strain Spaargaren, Joke Schachter, Julius Moncada, Jeanne de Vries, Henry J.C. Fennema, Han S.A. Peña, A. Salvador Coutinho, Roel A. Morré, Servaas A. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We traced the Chlamydia trachomatis L2b variant in Amsterdam and San Francisco. All recent lymphogranuloma venereum cases in Amsterdam were caused by the L2b variant. This variant was also present in the 1980s in San Francisco. Thus, the current "outbreak" is most likely a slowly evolving epidemic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3367337/ /pubmed/16318741 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1111.050821 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Spaargaren, Joke
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Coutinho, Roel A.
Morré, Servaas A.
Slow Epidemic of Lymphogranuloma Venereum L2b Strain
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title_fullStr Slow Epidemic of Lymphogranuloma Venereum L2b Strain
title_full_unstemmed Slow Epidemic of Lymphogranuloma Venereum L2b Strain
title_short Slow Epidemic of Lymphogranuloma Venereum L2b Strain
title_sort slow epidemic of lymphogranuloma venereum l2b strain
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367337/
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