Direct genotyping and nucleotide sequence analysis of VS1 and VS2 of the Omp1 gene of Chlamydia trachomatis from Moroccan trachomatous specimens

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 459-466

  Takourt, Brahim ^a,b,e   De Barbeyrac, Bertille ^c   Khyatti, Meriem ^d   Radouani, Fouzia ^d   Bebear, Cécile ^c   Dessus Babus, Sophie ^c   Bebear, Christiane ^c   Benslimane, Abdellah ^a,b  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^b Centre d'Immunologie   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^e Microbiology Laboratory   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Molecular typing; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOROCCO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRACHOMA;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE;

EID: 0034991567     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01401-0     Document Type: Article

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