Chlamydia trachomatis serotype A infections in the Amazon region of Brazil: prevalence, entry and dissemination

INTRODUCTION: Chlamydia infection is associated with debilitating human diseases including trachoma, pneumonia, coronary heart disease and urogenital diseases. Serotypes of C. trachomatis show a fair correlation with the group of diseases they cause, and their distribution follows a well-described g...

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Main Authors: Marluísa de Oliveira Guimarães Ishak, Maurimélia Mesquita Costa, Núbia Caroline Costa de Almeida, Angélica Menezes Santiago, William Botelho de Brito, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto, Vânia Nakauth Azevedo, Ricardo Ishak
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2015-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000200170&lng=en&tlng=en