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Multilocus VNTR analysis-ompA typing of venereal isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis in Japan.
Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2014
Satoh Masaaki, Ogawa Motohiko, Saijo Masayuki, Ando Shuji
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we investigated the prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis isolated in Japan using a high-resolution genotyping method, the multilocus VNTR analysis (MLVA)-ompA typing method. Seventeen serotypes of C. trachomatis standard strain (A-L3) and 44 clinical isolates were obtained from clinical settings. Genotyping of the ompA gene allowed clinical isolates to be divided into nine serotypes: B...
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