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Minimum spread of the new Swedish variant of Chlamydia trachomatis and distribution of C. trachomatis ompA genotypes in three geographically distant areas of Spain, 2011-2012.
Infection - 1 Oct 2014
Piñeiro L, Bernal S, Bordes A, Palomares J C, Gilarranz R, von Wichmann M A, Cilla G
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PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine the presence of the new Swedish Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) variant (nvCT) and the distribution of C. trachomatis ompA genotypes in three geographically distant regions of Spain. METHODS: The genotypes of strains causing 624 episodes of infection (January 2011-September 2012) were studied using a nested PCR that amplifies a fragment of the ompA gene,...
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