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Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis Genotypes in Men Who Have Sex with Men and Men Who Have Sex with Women Using Multilocus VNTR Analysis-ompA Typing in Guangzhou, China.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Qin Xiaolin, Zheng Heping, Xue Yaohua, Ren Xuqi, Yang Bin, Huang Jinmei, Huang Shujie, Wu Xingzhong, Zeng Weiying, Ou Jiangli, Lan Yinyuan, Tang Sanmei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection in China. Although C. trachomatis genotypes can be discriminated by outer membrane protein gene (ompA) sequencing, currently available methods have limited resolutions. This study used a high-resolution genotyping method, namely, multilocus variable number tandem-repeat analysis with ompA sequencing...
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