Herrmann, Björn; Törner, Anna; Low, Nicola; Klint, Markus; Nilsson, Anders; Velicko, Inga; Söderblom, Thomas; Blaxhult, Anders (2008). Emergence and spread of Chlamydia trachomatis variant, Sweden. Emerging infectious diseases, 14(9), pp. 1462-1465. Atlanta, Ga.: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 10.3201/eid1409.080153
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A variant of Chlamydia trachomatis that had escaped detection by commonly used systems was discovered in Sweden in 2006. In a nationwide study, we found that it is now prevalent across Sweden, irrespective of the detection system used. Genetic analysis by multilocus sequence typing identified a predominant variant, suggesting recent emergence.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Low, Nicola |
ISSN: |
1080-6040 |
ISBN: |
18760021 |
Publisher: |
U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:04 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:19 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3201/eid1409.080153 |
PubMed ID: |
18760021 |
Web of Science ID: |
000258991700023 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.27813 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/27813 (FactScience: 111597) |
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