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Typing of Chlamydia trachomatis strains from urine samples by amplification and sequencing the major outer membrane protein gene (omp1).
Sexually transmitted infections - 1 Dec 2001
Bandea C I, Kubota K, Brown T M, Kilmarx P H, Bhullar V, Yanpaisarn S, Chaisilwattana P, Siriwasin W, Black C M
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OBJECTIVES: To develop a novel protocol for the extraction, amplification, and sequencing of Chlamydia trachomatis MOMP gene (omp1) from urine, a non-invasive source, and apply it to an epidemiological study on the distribution of C trachomatis strains in a population of pregnant women in Thailand. METHODS: The C trachomatis DNA was extracted from culture stocks and urine using a slightly modified commercially...
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