Chlamydia trachomatis Biovar L2 Infection in Women in South Africa

We detected Chlamydia trachomatis biovar L2 in vaginal swab specimens of 7 women with vaginal discharge in South Africa. Whole-genome sequencing directly from clinical specimens identified a closely related cluster of strains. The clinical role of this infection in the context of syndromic managemen...

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Autores principales: Peters, Remco P.H., Doyle, Ronan, Redelinghuys, Mathys J., McIntyre, James A., Verjans, Georges M., Breuer, Judith, Kock, Marleen M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048296
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.170758
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author Peters, Remco P.H.
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Kock, Marleen M.
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description We detected Chlamydia trachomatis biovar L2 in vaginal swab specimens of 7 women with vaginal discharge in South Africa. Whole-genome sequencing directly from clinical specimens identified a closely related cluster of strains. The clinical role of this infection in the context of syndromic management should be clarified.
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spelling pubmed-56524522017-11-01 Chlamydia trachomatis Biovar L2 Infection in Women in South Africa Peters, Remco P.H. Doyle, Ronan Redelinghuys, Mathys J. McIntyre, James A. Verjans, Georges M. Breuer, Judith Kock, Marleen M. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We detected Chlamydia trachomatis biovar L2 in vaginal swab specimens of 7 women with vaginal discharge in South Africa. Whole-genome sequencing directly from clinical specimens identified a closely related cluster of strains. The clinical role of this infection in the context of syndromic management should be clarified. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5652452/ /pubmed/29048296 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.170758 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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Peters, Remco P.H.
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Chlamydia trachomatis Biovar L2 Infection in Women in South Africa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652452/
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