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Spread of clonal genovar E Chlamydia trachomatis among men who have sex with men.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Touati Arabella, Herrmann Björn, Hénin Nadège, Laurier-Nadalié Cécile, Bébéar Cécile, de Barbeyrac Bertille, Peuchant Olivia
Abstract excerpt
In a previous study, we developed a Multi-Locus VNTRs Analysis (MLVA) typing system, called MLVA-5, for the discrimination of Chlamydia trachomatis genovar E strain. The results suggested the clonal spread of a MLVA-5 type 21 strain among men who have sex with men (MSM). We applied the MLVA-5 typing method on 157 French anorectal genovar E specimens and 19 Swedish specimens collected between 2010 and 2015. A...
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