Whole-genome analysis of diverse Chlamydia trachomatis strains identifies phylogenetic relationships masked by current clinical typing

Nature Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-419

  Harris, Simon R ^a   Clarke, Ian N ^b   Seth Smith, Helena M B ^a   Solomon, Anthony W ^c   Cutcliffe, Lesley T ^b   Marsh, Peter ^d   Skilton, Rachel J ^b   Holland, Martin J ^c   Mabey, David ^c   Peeling, Rosanna W ^c   Lewis, David A ^c,e,f   Spratt, Brian G ^g   Unemo, Magnus ^h   Persson, Kenneth ⁱ   Bjartling, Carina ^j   Brunham, Robert ^k   De Vries, Henry J C ^l,m   Morré, Servaas A ^n,o   Speksnijder, Arjen ^p   Bébéar, Cécile M ^q,r   Clerc, Maïté ^q,r   De Barbeyrac, Bertille ^q,r   Parkhill, Julian ^a   Thomson, Nicholas R ^a   more..

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ University Hospital Malmö   (Sweden)

^j LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^k BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^m DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

ⁿ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^o MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^p MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^r Univ Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTYPE; CHIMERA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRACHOMA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRACHOMA;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 84859326308     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2214     Document Type: Article

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