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[Genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis in an area of northern Spain].
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 Oct 2009
Piñeiro Luis, Montes Milagrosa, Gil-Setas Alberto, Camino Xabier, Echeverria María Julia, Cilla Gustavo
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INTRODUCTION: Circulating Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes that cause infection in our geographic area were studied with the aim of detecting possible epidemiological peculiarities. METHODS: A total of 177 strains obtained between 2006 and 2008 were genotyped using a PCR with primers targeting the ompA gene, and later sequenced. RESULTS: The most frequent genotypes were: E (45.3%), D (15.3%), G (10.2%) and F...
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