GenomicsMicrobial GenomicsPeer-reviewed
Chlamydia trachomatis outbreak: when the virulence-associated genome backbone imports a prevalence-associated major antigen signature
Vítor Borges, Dora Cordeiro, Ana Isabel Salas…·João Paulo Gomes
The paper reports an outbreak of Chlamydia trachomatis caused by a hybrid L2b/D-Da strain with a unique genome that combines virulence features of LGV and non-LGV strains.