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Prevalence trends of the new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis in four counties of Sweden in 2007-2011.
Sexually transmitted diseases - 1 Aug 2012
Herrmann Björn, Eden Desirée, Hadad Ronza, Christerson Linus, Loré Britta, Osterlund Anders, Larsson Inger, Sylvan Staffan, Fredlund Hans, Unemo Magnus
Abstract excerpt
A new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis (nvCT) was discovered in Sweden in 2006, and it could not be detected by diagnostic systems from Abbott and Roche, whereas the third system used, from Becton Dickinson (BD), detects nvCT. We analyzed 3648 samples from 2 counties that used Roche and 2 counties that used BD methods from 2007 to 2011. After implementation of a Roche method that detects nvCT, its proportion has...
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