TY - JOUR
T1 - Is there evidence of the new variant chlamydia trachomatis in the United States?
AU - Won, Helen
AU - Ramachandran, Padmini
AU - Steece, Richard
AU - Van Der Pol, Barbara
AU - Moncada, Jeanne
AU - Schachter, Julius
AU - Gaydos, Charlotte
PY - 2013/5
Y1 - 2013/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182841786
DO - 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182841786
M3 - Article
C2 - 23588122
AN - SCOPUS:84876287340
VL - 40
SP - 352
EP - 353
JO - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
JF - Sexually Transmitted Diseases
SN - 0148-5717
IS - 5
ER -