Abstract
A specific real-time polymerase chain reaction followed by melt curve analysis was developed for the detection of the Swedish variant (nvCT) strain of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT). Surveillance was performed on 476 CT-positive clinical specimens obtained from 15 laboratories around the United States using nucleic acid amplification test assays, which would not miss the nvCT. All were negative for nvCT; thus, there is no evidence of the nvCT in the United States.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Chlamydia Infections / classification
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Chlamydia Infections / epidemiology*
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Chlamydia Infections / genetics
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Chlamydia trachomatis / classification
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Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification*
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
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Communicable Diseases, Emerging / genetics
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Female
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Genotype
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Humans
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Male
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Norway / epidemiology
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Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
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Prevalence
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Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Sexual Behavior
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Sweden / epidemiology
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United States / epidemiology