Predicting Phenotype and Emerging Strains among Chlamydia trachomatis Infections

Predicting Phenotype and Emerging Strains among Chlamydia trachomatis Infections

Chlamydia trachomatis is a global cause of blinding trachoma and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We used comparative genomics of the family Chlamydiaceae to select conserved housekeeping genes for C. trachomatis multilocus sequencing, characterizing 19 reference and 68 clinical isolates from...

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Main Authors: Deborah Dean, William J. Bruno, Raymond Wan, João P. Gomes, Stéphanie Devignot, Tigist Mehari, Henry J.C. de Vries, Servaas A. Morré, Garry Myers, Timothy D. Read, Brian G. Spratt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Chlamydia trachomatis
single nucleotide polymorphisms
bacterial sequence typing
sexually transmitted infections
trachoma
bacteria
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/9/09-0272_article

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