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Multi locus sequence typing of Chlamydiales: clonal groupings within the obligate intracellular bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis.
BMC microbiology - 28 Feb 2008
Pannekoek Yvonne, Morelli Giovanna, Kusecek Barica, Morré Servaas A, Ossewaarde Jacobus M, Langerak Ankie A, van der Ende Arie
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BACKGROUND: The obligate intracellular growing bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis causes diseases like trachoma, urogenital infection and lymphogranuloma venereum with severe morbidity. Several serovars and genotypes have been identified, but these could not be linked to clinical disease or outcome. The related Chlamydophila pneumoniae, of which no subtypes are recognized, causes respiratory infections worldwide. We...
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