Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages

Chlamydia trachomatis isolates causing a blinding disease (trachoma) form a single lineage that is different from the lineages causing urogenital infections. Here, Andersson et al. show however that trachoma isolates from Australia are more closely related to urogenital strains than to other trachom...

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Main Authors: Patiyan Andersson, Simon R. Harris, Helena M. B. Seth Smith, James Hadfield, Colette O’Neill, Lesley T. Cutcliffe, Fiona P. Douglas, L. Valerie Asche, John D. Mathews, Susan I. Hutton, Derek S. Sarovich, Steven Y. C. Tong, Ian N. Clarke, Nicholas R. Thomson, Philip M. Giffard
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Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10688
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spelling doaj-b0565474b8e64c95a95c4c3f688c01702021-05-11T10:57:39ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232016-02-017111110.1038/ncomms10688Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineagesPatiyan Andersson0Simon R. Harris1Helena M. B. Seth Smith2James Hadfield3Colette O’Neill4Lesley T. Cutcliffe5Fiona P. Douglas6L. Valerie Asche7John D. Mathews8Susan I. Hutton9Derek S. Sarovich10Steven Y. C. Tong11Ian N. Clarke12Nicholas R. Thomson13Philip M. Giffard14Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityPathogen Variation Programme, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome CampusPathogen Variation Programme, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome CampusPathogen Variation Programme, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome CampusDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Science, Molecular Microbiology Group, University Medical School, Southampton General HospitalDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Science, Molecular Microbiology Group, University Medical School, Southampton General HospitalGlobal and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityGlobal and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityGlobal and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityGlobal and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityGlobal and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityGlobal and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Science, Molecular Microbiology Group, University Medical School, Southampton General HospitalPathogen Variation Programme, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome CampusGlobal and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin UniversityChlamydia trachomatis isolates causing a blinding disease (trachoma) form a single lineage that is different from the lineages causing urogenital infections. Here, Andersson et al. show however that trachoma isolates from Australia are more closely related to urogenital strains than to other trachoma isolates.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10688
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author Patiyan Andersson
Simon R. Harris
Helena M. B. Seth Smith
James Hadfield
Colette O’Neill
Lesley T. Cutcliffe
Fiona P. Douglas
L. Valerie Asche
John D. Mathews
Susan I. Hutton
Derek S. Sarovich
Steven Y. C. Tong
Ian N. Clarke
Nicholas R. Thomson
Philip M. Giffard
spellingShingle Patiyan Andersson
Simon R. Harris
Helena M. B. Seth Smith
James Hadfield
Colette O’Neill
Lesley T. Cutcliffe
Fiona P. Douglas
L. Valerie Asche
John D. Mathews
Susan I. Hutton
Derek S. Sarovich
Steven Y. C. Tong
Ian N. Clarke
Nicholas R. Thomson
Philip M. Giffard
Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages
Nature Communications
author_facet Patiyan Andersson
Simon R. Harris
Helena M. B. Seth Smith
James Hadfield
Colette O’Neill
Lesley T. Cutcliffe
Fiona P. Douglas
L. Valerie Asche
John D. Mathews
Susan I. Hutton
Derek S. Sarovich
Steven Y. C. Tong
Ian N. Clarke
Nicholas R. Thomson
Philip M. Giffard
author_sort Patiyan Andersson
title Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages
title_short Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages
title_full Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages
title_fullStr Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages
title_full_unstemmed Chlamydia trachomatis from Australian Aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages
title_sort chlamydia trachomatis from australian aboriginal people with trachoma are polyphyletic composed of multiple distinctive lineages
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2016-02-01
description Chlamydia trachomatis isolates causing a blinding disease (trachoma) form a single lineage that is different from the lineages causing urogenital infections. Here, Andersson et al. show however that trachoma isolates from Australia are more closely related to urogenital strains than to other trachoma isolates.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10688
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