Characterization of ompA Genotypes by Sequence Analysis of DNA from All Detected Cases of Chlamydia trachomatis Infections during 1 Year of Contact Tracing in a Swedish County

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1641-1647

  Lysén, Maria ^a   Österlund, Anders ^b   Rubin, Carl Johan ^a,d   Persson, Tina ^c   Persson, Ingrid ^c   Herrmann, Björn ^a,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OMPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTACT TRACING; FEMALE; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 12744270018     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1641-1647.2004     Document Type: Article

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