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Characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis omp1 genotypes among sexually transmitted disease patients in Sweden.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2001
Jurstrand M, Falk L, Fredlund H, Lindberg M, Olcén P, Andersson S, Persson K, Albert J, Bäckman A
Abstract excerpt
A method for detection and genotyping of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections based on omp1 gene amplification and sequencing was developed. DNA was extracted from urogenital or urine samples using a Chelex-based method, and an approximately 1,100-bp-long fragment from the omp1 gene was directly amplified and sequenced. Genotyping was performed by BLAST similarity search, and phylogenetic tree analysis was...
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