Absence of lymphogranuloma venereum strains among rectal Chlamydia trachomatis outer membrane protein A genotypes infecting women and men who have sex with men in Birmingham, Alabama

Sex Transm Dis. 2008 Oct;35(10):856-8. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181788313.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alabama / epidemiology
  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Chlamydia Infections / epidemiology*
  • Chlamydia Infections / microbiology*
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / classification*
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / genetics
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification*
  • Culture Media
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Heterosexuality
  • Homosexuality, Male
  • Humans
  • Lymphogranuloma Venereum / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
  • Rectum / microbiology

Substances

  • Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
  • Culture Media
  • OMPA outer membrane proteins