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Urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis strain types, defined by high-resolution multilocus sequence typing, in relation to ethnicity and urogenital symptoms among a young screening population in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sexually transmitted infections - 1 Sept 2015
Versteeg Bart, Himschoot Michelle, van den Broek Ingrid V F, Bom Reinier J M, Speksnijder Arjen G C L, Schim van der Loeff Maarten F, Bruisten Sylvia M
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INTRODUCTION: Previous studies found conflicting results regarding associations between urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infections and ethnicity or urogenital symptoms among at-risk populations using either ompA-based genotyping or high-resolution multilocus sequence typing (MLST). This study applied high-resolution MLST on samples of individuals from a selected young urban screening population to assess the...
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