Predicting phenotype and emerging strains among Chlamydia trachomatis infections

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1385-1394

  Dean, Deborah ^a,b,c   Bruno, William J ^d   Wan, Raymond ^a   Gomes, João P ^e   Devignot, Stéphanie ^f   Mehari, Tigist ^a   De Vries, Henry J C ^g   Morré, Servaas A ^h   Myers, Garry ⁱ   Read, Timothy D ^j   Spratt, Brian G ^k  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^f SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRACHOMA;

EID: 70249142557     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1509.090272     Document Type: Article

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