Typing of lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strains

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1777-1779

  Christerson, Linus ^a   de Vries, Henry J C ^b,c,d   de Barbeyrac, Bertille ^e   Gaydos, Charlotte A ^f   Henrich, Birgit ^g   Hoffmann, Steen ^h   Schachter, Julius ⁱ   Thorvaldsen, Johannes ^j   Vall Mayans, Martí ^k   Klint, Markus ^a   Herrmann, Björn ^a   Morré, Servaas A ^l  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^l VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PROCTITIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958569339     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1611.100379     Document Type: Article

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