%0 Journal Article
%T First Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis 'Swedish' Variant (nvCT) in a Russian Couple with Infertility
%A Charlotte Gaydos
%A Edgar Sultanakhmedov
%A Michael Corbel
%A Sergey Utz
%A Sergey Zaitsev
%A Thomas Quinn
%A Valentina Feodorova
%A Vladimir Motin
%A Yury Saltykov
%J Archive of "The Open Microbiology Journal".
%D 2018
%R 10.2174/1874285801812010343
%X Chronic asymptomatic chlamydial genital infection caused by the wild-type of Chlamydia trachomatis (wtCT) is the most common bacterial infection causing human infertility. The novel ¡®Swedish¡¯ variant of §³.trachomatis (nvCT) which contains a 377 bp deletion in a region that is specifically targeted in some nucleic acid amplification tests may impede diagnosis
%K Chlamydia trachomatis
%K Novel Swedish strain
%K Co-infection
%K Extra-genital site
%K Infertility
%K Detection methods
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6198409/