Hypervirulent <named-content content-type="genus-species">Chlamydia trachomatis</named-content> Clinical Strain Is a Recombinant between Lymphogranuloma Venereum (L<sub>2</sub>) and D Lineages

ABSTRACT Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes a diversity of severe and debilitating diseases worldwide. Sporadic and ongoing outbreaks of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) strains among men who have sex with men (MSM) support the need for research on virulence facto...

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Autors principals: Naraporn Somboonna, Raymond Wan, David M. Ojcius, Matthew A. Pettengill, Sandeep J. Joseph, Alexander Chang, Ray Hsu, Timothy D. Read, Deborah Dean
Format: Article
Idioma:English
Publicat: American Society for Microbiology 2011-07-01
Col·lecció:mBio
Accés en línia:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00045-11