New Lymphogranuloma Venereum Chlamydia trachomatis Variant, Amsterdam

Spaargaren, Joke; Fennema, Han S.A.; Morré, Servaas A.; de Vries, Henry J.C.; Coutinho, Roel A.

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New Lymphogranuloma Venereum Chlamydia trachomatis Variant, Amsterdam

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Jul 2005
By Spaargaren, Joke ; Fennema, Han S.A. ; Morré, Servaas A. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Spaargaren, Joke ; Fennema, Han S.A. ; Morré, Servaas A. ; de Vries, Henry J.C. ; Coutinho, Roel A.
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We retrospectively conducted a study of men who have sex with men who visited the Amsterdam, the Netherlands, sexually transmitted diseases clinic from January 2002 to December 2003 and had rectal Chlamydia trachomatis infections. We found that symptomatic (73%) as well as asymptomatic (43%) patients were infected with a new C. trachomatis LGV variant.
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Adult Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Base Sequence Chlamydia Trachomatis Dispatch Genotype Humans L2 Variant L2b LGV Lymphogranuloma Venereum Male Middle Aged Molecular Sequence Data Mutation Netherlands Omp A Gene Retrospective Studies Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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Emerg Infect Dis. 11(7):1090-1092.
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Journal Article
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11
Issue:

7
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:fcc52b5016483b79244bb0661bab96d4a3221de1a3eacc6bd46fad2c0d7d7ce1
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