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Genotyping of Portuguese Chlamydia trachomatis urogenital isolates.
Genitourinary medicine - 1 Dec 1997
Borrego M J, Gomes J P, Lefebvre J F, Eb F, Orfila J, Catry M A
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of the different Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes in Portuguese patients. METHODS: Urogenital isolates (n = 240) derived from attenders of various clinics in the Lisbon area were differentiated into genovars by genotyping with restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of the PCR amplified omp1 gene. RESULTS: Genotype E was the most common for both men (47.9%)...
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