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Chlamydia trachomatis strains show specific clustering for men who have sex with men compared to heterosexual populations in Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United States.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2012
Christerson Linus, Bom Reinier J M, Bruisten Sylvia M, Yass Resha, Hardick Justin, Bratt Göran, Gaydos Charlotte A, Morré Servaas A, Herrmann Björn
Abstract excerpt
High-resolution genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis improves the characterization of strains infecting different patient groups and sexual networks. In this study, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and ompA sequence determination were used for an analysis of C. trachomatis strains from 203 men who have sex with men (MSM) from Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United States. The results obtained were compared with...
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