[Genotype of C. trachomatis strains isolated in a region of Guinea-Bissau: Farim].
In order to diagnose the trachoma we observed the eyes of 506 students aged between 6 and 14 years. 14,03% of these children presented follicular or intense trachomatous inflammation of the eye. The use of molecular biology methods (PCR + RFLP) over the conjonctival samples we had collected, led us to the identification of 21 C. trachomatis strains: 11 of the A genotype and 10 of the B genotype.
Borrego
M J
MJ
Instituto Nacional de Saude, Lisboa, Portugal.
Ferraz-Oliveira
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Fadia
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Torgal
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Catry
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MA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006169:Guinea-Bissau; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial