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Article: TaqMan assay for Swedish Chlamydia trachomatis variant.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
- Article from:
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
- Author:
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To the Editor: Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Recently, a new variant of CT (swCT) has been reported in Halland County, Sweden. A total of 12 swCT specimens were sequenced and found to have the same deletion, a 377-bp deletion in the cryptic plasmid (1). Because the deletion was found in the target area of 2 commercial CT nucleic acid amplification tests (Roche, Basel, Switzerland, and Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA), screening tests have produced false-negative results for patients infected with this new Swedish variant (1). In specific regions of Sweden, the proportion of all detected CT ...