Lymphogranuloma venereum variant L2b-specific polymerase chain reaction: Insertion used to close an epidemiological gap

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1727-1730

  Verweij, S P ^a   Catsburg, A ^b   Ouburg, S ^a   Lombardi, A ^c   Heijmans, R ^a   Dutly, F ^d   Frei, R ^e   Morre S A ^a   Goldenberger, D ^e  

^a Laboratory of Immunogenetics   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d IMD   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Diagnostics; L2b; LGV; Lymphogranuloma venereum; MSM; OmpA; PmpH; RT PCR; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; L2B PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEROTYPE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 80054073810     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03481.x     Document Type: Article

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