The Swedish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-69

  Unemo, Magnus ^a   Clarke, Ian N ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnostic selective advantage; emergence; epidemiology; Sweden; Swedish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SWEDEN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78751571201     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32834204d5     Document Type: Article

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