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Is there evidence of the new variant Chlamydia trachomatis in the United States?
Sexually transmitted diseases - 1 May 2013
Won Helen, Ramachandran Padmini, Steece Richard, Van Der Pol Barbara, Moncada Jeanne, Schachter Julius, Gaydos Charlotte
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A specific real-time polymerase chain reaction followed by melt curve analysis was developed for the detection of the Swedish variant (nvCT) strain of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT). Surveillance was performed on 476 CT-positive clinical specimens obtained from 15 laboratories around the United States using nucleic acid amplification test assays, which would not miss the nvCT. All were negative for nvCT; thus, there...
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