Europe-wide investigation to assess the presence of new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis in Europe

M JW Van de Laar; C Ison

doi:10.2807/esw.12.06.03135-en

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Europe-wide investigation to assess the presence of new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis in Europe

M JW Van de Laar, C Ison
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Citation style for this article: Van de Laar M JW, Ison C. Europe-wide investigation to assess the presence of new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis in Europe. Euro Surveill. 2007;12(6):pii=3135. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.12.06.03135-en Received: ; Accepted:

Abstract

A new variant Chlamydia trachomatis strain has recently been isolated in Sweden. Certain commercial diagnostic tests generate false negative results when screening specimens from patients who are infected with the new variant strain.