Laboratory Processes for Confirmation of Lymphogranuloma Venereum Infection during a 2015 Investigation of a Cluster of Cases in the United States

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• Journal Article:
  Sex Transm Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kersh, Ellen N. ; Pillay, Allan ; de Voux, Alex ; Chen, Cheng
• Description:
  In September 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were notified of a suspected outbreak investigation of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) cases by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offered support with a laboratory-developed polymerase chain reaction test for LGV. This note describes the laboratory workflow and procedures used for the laboratory confirmation of LGV infection.
• Subjects:
  Chlamydia Trachomatis Clinical Laboratory Techniques Cluster Analysis Disease Outbreaks Humans Lymphogranuloma Venereum Polymerase Chain Reaction Reproducibility Of Results Specimen Handling
• Keywords:
  Laboratory Testing LGV PCR
• Source:
  Sex Transm Dis. 44(11):691-694
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000667
• Pubmed ID:
  28876314
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6684094
• Document Type:
  Text ; Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  44
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:115fcc641c93ab297d77f3d80f86c96893b017f0ddf6a6d10837813118950e7182eb75f1524c32f47e98e9df2d9b0632807ab0a910fe3fdf2e971370a4192e7a
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