Article
Determinants of trachoma endemicity using Chlamydia trachomatis ompA DNA sequencing.
Microbes and infection - 1 May 2001
Hsieh Y H, Bobo L D, Quinn T C, West S K
Abstract excerpt
A six-year prospective study of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and ocular disease in Tanzanian village children was conducted to identify the determinants of trachoma endemicity using sequencing of ompA. Overall, 749 conjunctival samples were obtained, with 176 children sampled in both 1989 and 1995. 31.1% (233/749) were positive by PCR-enzyme immunoassay, and 76% (176/233) of the positives were sequenced in...
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