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Whole-genome sequencing of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis isolates from Gadarif State, Sudan.
Parasites & vectors - 4 Nov 2019
Alkhidir Abdulazeem Abdulsalam Ibrahim, Holland Martin J, Elhag Wafa Ibrahim, Williams Charlotte A, Breuer Judith, Elemam Abdah Elfatih, El Hussain Khalid Mohamed Khalid, Ournasseir Mohammed Elfatih Hussein, Pickering Harry
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BACKGROUND: Trachoma, caused by ocular Chlamydia trachomatis, is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Sudan first reported trachoma in the 1930s and has since been consistently endemic. Ocular C. trachomatis previously isolated from trachoma patients in Sudan in 1963 was antigenically identical to an isolate from Saudi Arabia (A/SA1). No contemporary ocular C. trachomatis whole genome sequences...
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