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Genetic characterisation of lymphogranuloma venereum in Spain: a multicentre study.
Sexually transmitted infections - 18 Nov 2024
Salmerón Paula, Serra-Pladevall Judit, Vall-Mayans Martí, Villa Laura, Otero-Guerra Luis, Milagro Ana, Maciá María D, Bernal Samuel, Piñeiro Luis
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INTRODUCTION: Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes L1-L3. A combination of techniques with high discriminatory capacity such as multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and the analysis of the ompA gene may be useful to determine the greater penetration of certain strains in transmission networks and their relationship with certain tropisms. AIM:...
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