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Prevalence trends in Sweden for the new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 May 2011
Klint M, Hadad R, Christerson L, Loré B, Anagrius C, Osterlund A, Larsson I, Sylvan S, Fredlund H, Unemo M, Herrmann B
Abstract excerpt
In 2006, a new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis (nvCT) was discovered in Sweden that was not detectable with Abbott m2000 (Abbott) and Amplicor/COBAS Amplicor/TaqMan48 (Roche). The proportion of nvCT was 20-64% of the detected Chlamydia cases in counties using Abbott/Roche test systems. Although the ProbeTec system from Becton Dickinson (BD) could detect nvCT, the proportion of nvCT in counties using BD was...
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