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Identification of a new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis in Mexico.
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) - 1 Feb 2019
Escobedo-Guerra Marcos R, Katoku-Herrera Mitzuko, Lopez-Hurtado Marcela, Villagrana-Zesati Jesus Roberto, de Haro-Cruz María de J, Guerra-Infante Fernando M
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INTRODUCTION: Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the main etiological agents of sexually transmitted infections worldwide. In 2006, a Swedish variant of C. trachomatis (Swedish-nvCT), which has a deletion of 377bp in the plasmid, was reported. In Latin America, Swedish-nvCT infections have not been reported. We investigated the presence of Swedish-nvCT in women with infertility in Mexico. METHODS: Swedish-nvCT was...
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