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Whole-genome sequencing of bacterial sexually transmitted infections: implications for clinicians.
Current opinion in infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2013
Seth-Smith Helena M B, Thomson Nicholas R
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Increasingly, genomics is being used to answer detailed clinical questions. Although genome analysis of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) lags far behind that of many other bacterial pathogens, genomics can reveal previously inaccessible aspects of pathogen biology. RECENT FINDINGS: Comparative genomic studies on the most common bacterial STI, chlamydia, have revolutionized our...
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