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Persistence of two genotypes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae during transmission.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2003
Martin I M C, Ghani A, Bell G, Kinghorn G, Ison C A
Abstract excerpt
Isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were tested using a highly discriminatory typing method, opa typing, to examine the genetic diversity over a 2-year study period of isolates from all consecutive patients with gonorrhea attending the Genitourinary Medicine clinic in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Two opa genotypes were detected throughout the 2-year time period and comprised 41% of all strains tested. The persistence...
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