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SUBMITTER: Gallo Vaulet L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4833370 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gallo Vaulet Lucía L Entrocassi Carolina C Portu Ana I AI Castro Erica E Di Bartolomeo Susana S Ruettger Anke A Sachse Konrad K Rodriguez Fermepin Marcelo M
PloS one 20160415 4
Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide. Based on sequence variation in the ompA gene encoding the major outer membrane protein, the genotyping scheme distinguishes 17 recognized genotypes, i.e. A, B, Ba, C, D, Da, E, F, G, H, I, Ia, J, K, L1, L2, and L3. Genotyping is an important tool for epidemiological tracking of C. trachomatis infections, including the revelation of transmission pathways and association with tissue tropism and pathogenicity ...[more]