A Chlamydia trachomatis Strain With a 377-bp Deletion in the Cryptic Plasmid Causing False-Negative Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests

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AFTER AN ALMOST STEADY increase for 10 years in reported Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) genital infections in Sweden, there was a leveling out in 2005 to 2006. In some areas of the country, like the county of Halland (290,000 inhabitants), we noted a decrease in diagnosed infections of 25% in the beginning of 2006. In Halland we have used nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) to diagnose Ct infections since 1995,...