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Genomic homogeneity of the AHU/IA-1,2 phenotype of Neisseria gonorrhoeae during its disappearance from an urban population.
Sexually transmitted diseases - 1 Nov 1997
Xia M, Whittington W L, Holmes K K, Roberts M C
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BACKGROUND: Isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae requiring arginine, hypoxanthine, and uracil (AHU) appeared in Denmark in 1946, were preponderant in Seattle during the 1970s, were associated with disseminated gonococcal infections (DGI), and were primarily of the IA-1,2 serovar. GOALS: To investigate the disappearance of the AHU/IA-1,2 phenotype and to examine by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) the genomic...
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