High-resolution genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis strains by multilocus sequence analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1410-1414

  Klint, Markus ^a   Fuxelius, Hans Henrik ^b   Goldkuhl, Renée Röstlinger ^a   Skarin, Hanna ^a   Rutemark, Christian ^a   Andersson, Siv G E ^b   Persson, Kenneth ^c   Herrmann, Björn ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 34248523973     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02301-06     Document Type: Article

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