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Global Multilocus Sequence Type Analysis of Chlamydia trachomatis Strains from 16 Countries.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2015
Herrmann Björn, Isaksson Jenny, Ryberg Martin, Tångrot Jeanette, Saleh Isam, Versteeg Bart, Gravningen Kirsten, Bruisten Sylvia
Abstract excerpt
The Uppsala University Chlamydia trachomatis multilocus sequence type (MLST) database (http://mlstdb.bmc.uu.se) is based on five target regions (non-housekeeping genes) and the ompA gene. Each target has various numbers of alleles-hctB, 89; CT058, 51; CT144, 30; CT172, 38; and pbpB, 35-derived from 13 studies. Our aims were to perform an overall analysis of all C. trachomatis MLST sequence types (STs) in the...
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