Serovar distribution of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis strains in The Netherlands.
The distribution of serovars in 208 Chlamydia trachomatis strains of urogenital origin isolated from 185 patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, was assessed. Typing by monoclonal antisera using a dot enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) showed that the most common serovars were E (found in 45 strains), F (39), D (34), and K (28). Other serovars detected were H (21), G, I, I', J (two to 12), and B (one strain). Mixed infection with two serovars was detected in two patients. These results indicate that most genital infections with C trachomat... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 1988 |
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BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
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| Schlagwörter: | Research Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29176746 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | http://sti.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/64/3/159 |
The distribution of serovars in 208 Chlamydia trachomatis strains of urogenital origin isolated from 185 patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, was assessed. Typing by monoclonal antisera using a dot enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) showed that the most common serovars were E (found in 45 strains), F (39), D (34), and K (28). Other serovars detected were H (21), G, I, I', J (two to 12), and B (one strain). Mixed infection with two serovars was detected in two patients. These results indicate that most genital infections with C trachomatis result from a small number of serovars, and that those serovars are similar in The Netherlands and Seattle, USA.